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November 15, 2017
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, __edited , Bioethics , CRISPR , Gene-Editing , Human , Personhood , Sarah Chaffee , Value
What Does Gene-editing with CRISPR Portend for Bioethics?
Wesley J. Smith
November 15, 2017
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Episode 1069
Guest(s) Wesley J. Smith
Duration 00:17:19 Download Audio File (15.9 mb)
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On this episode of ID The Future , Sarah Chaffee talks with bioethicist Wesley Smith about the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR. Smith describes it briefly and discusses its larger implication for bioethics.
Photo by Gary Fong, Used by Permission, All Rights Reserved Chair and Senior Fellow , Center on Human ExceptionalismWesley J. Smith is Chair and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. Wesley is a contributor to National Review and is the author of 14 books, in recent years focusing on human dignity, liberty, and equality. Wesley has been recognized as one of America’s premier public intellectuals on bioethics by National Journal and has been honored by the Human Life Foundation as a “Great Defender of Life” for his work against suicide and euthanasia. Wesley’s most recent book is Culture of Death: The Age of “Do Harm” Medicine, a warning about the dangers to patients of the modern bioethics movement.