What Would Some Confucians Think About Genetic Enhancement from the Perspective of “Human Nature”?

American Journal of Bioethics 10 (4):80-82 (2010)
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Fan (2010) did a good job in applying his interpretation of Confucian ethics of giftedness to genetic enhancement. To him, it is God-like Heaven that gives lives to us and our ancestors as gifts th...

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