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Gene Editing Technologies, Utopianism, and Disability Politics

2023-01-01

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Scholars have long speculated about what a future affected by gene editing technologies might hold. This article enters current debates over the future of gene editing and the place of disability within it. Specifically, I evaluate contemporary utopian thinking about gene editing found in two different schools of thought: transhumanism and critical disability studies, ultimately judging the latter to be richer and...

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Literature Corpus work: 37b6c8af-0dfa-5823-88c2-b7a5b311ae26
DOI: 10.5840/jpd20237319

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