We live in a world in which technology increasingly allows for us to manipulate biology Read Chapter 18, “Biotechnology and Bioengineering,” and pay particularly close attention (since this is a...

We live in a world in which technology increasingly allows for us to manipulate biology Read Chapter 18, “Biotechnology and Bioengineering,” and pay particularly close attention (since this is a crucial question for our world going forward) How should we think about our ability to manipulate biology? If we can transform ourselves through technology, ought we to do so? Why or why not? Should we listen to the transhumanists (Bostrom) or the bioconservatives (Kass)? Does it matter to us that Bostrom’s academic training has chiefly been in philosophy and mathematics while Kass is an MD? book Mackinnon Philosophy for Ethics