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Existentialism and My ‘Postwolf’ Dachshund: Authenticity in the Age of Genetic Engineering

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human genetic engineering has the potential to profoundly alter the traits of future generations, raising critical ethical questions about authenticity and identity. Essentialist perspectives reject genetic engineering, claiming it inherently compromises authenticity by deviating from a species‐typical genome.
Donrich Thaldar
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Giving and Reflections on Life Extension: How Love Might Shape the Choice of Whether to Live Past a Natural Human Lifespan

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing upon a deprivationist account of the badness of death, Ingemar Patrick Linden advocates for a hypothetical state called “contingent immortality.” The future Linden champions is one in which every person would be able to live for as long as they would like, save for events like accidents or murder.
Andrew Moeller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liminal Bioethics for Liminal Statuses: A New Method for Analysing Novel Biological Entities

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Novel biological entities such as cell lines and organoids do not typically fit into established conceptual categories, such as ‘human’ or ‘nonhuman’, ‘gift’ or ‘property’. This makes developing robust ethical principles or policy solutions difficult.
Michael Wee, Ilina Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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