Philosophy of Genetics

What you want is who you can become. You're free to do what you want, but you can't choose your wants themselves (desires and motivations), which are innate and vary from person to person.

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  • Will Frehley: Leadership is Innate
  • Will Frehley: Napoleon in Shanghai

    Will Frehley: Napoleon in Shanghai

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  • Center for Genetics and Society
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Recent Posts

  • Employers not compliant with new GINA law
  • Motivation, Dopamine, and Schopenhauer
  • Nicholas Wade's Before the Dawn
  • Sandel's Genetics and Morality
  • Genetic testing in China
  • Performance vs. Potential
  • European Invasion
  • What is Transhumanism?
  • Gregory Stock's DNA
  • Saletan's Race Debate

Recommended Reading

  • Allen Buchanan: From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

    Allen Buchanan: From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

  • Jonathan Glover: Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)

    Jonathan Glover: Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)

  • Gregory Stock: Redesigning Humans: Choosing our genes, changing our future

    Gregory Stock: Redesigning Humans: Choosing our genes, changing our future

  • John Harris: Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People

    John Harris: Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People

Categories

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  • Diversity, Fairness and Politics
  • DNA and Society
  • Drugs and Enhancement
  • Free Will
  • Genes and Personality
  • Genetic Selection and Manipulation
  • Genetic Variation and DNA
  • Intelligent Design and Evolution
  • Leaders and Followers
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  • Transhumanism
  • Tuning, Expectation and Development

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