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  1. Germ-line Gene Therapy: A New Stage of Debate.John C. Fletcher & W. French Anderson - 1992 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 20 (1-2):26-39.
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  • Can human genetic enhancement be prohibited?William Gardner - 1995 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 20 (1):65-84.
    This article seeks to reframe the ethical discussion of genetic enhancement, which is the use of genetic engineering to supply a characteristic that a parent might want in a child that does not involve the treatment or prevention of disease. I consider whether it is likely that enhancement can be successfully prohibited. If genetic enhancement is feasible, it is likely that there will be demand for it because parents compete to produce able children and nations compete to accumulate human capital (...)
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  • Ethical issues in manipulating the human germ line.Marc Lappé - 1991 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 16 (6):621-639.
    This essay examines the arguments for and against working towards the objective of human germ line engineering for medical purposes. Germ line changes which result as a secondary consequence of other well designed and ethically acceptable manipulations of somatic cells to cure an otherwise fatal disease can be seen as acceptable. More serious objections apply to intentional germ line interventions because of the unacceptability of using a person solely as a vehicle for creating uncertain genetic change in his descendants. It (...)
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  • Germ-line Gene therapy: Back to basics.Eric T. Juengst - 1991 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 16 (6):587-592.
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  • Ethical Aspects of Human Germ‐Line Gene Therapy.Maurice A. M. de Wachter - 1993 - Bioethics 7 (2-3):166-177.
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  • Wonderwoman and Superman: The Ethics of Human Biotechnology.John Harris - 1993 - Philosophy 68 (264):248-250.
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