Medical Ethicist - Julian Savulescu
From genetic engineering to bioscience, should humans seek to perfect our species?
The Interview · BBC World Service
November 25, 201323m 25s
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Show Notes
From genetic engineering to bioscience, human beings are close to acquiring the ability not just to combat disease, but to enhance and perfect our species. But should we seek to do it, or should we shy away from a path that led to Nazi eugenics? Hardtalk speaks to the Australian born, Oxford based medical ethicist Julian Savulescu. Can we trust ourselves to be wise masters of our own biology?