Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law

Paola Ortiz, in a review of the show, points out five major themes that emerged in the discussion: physiological differentiation (won’t enhancement prove to be another mode for extending the divide that already exists between the well-off and the poor?), closing options vs. opening options (will enhancing really end up proving to be an irreversible limiting of the self/), “easy fix” criticism (is dealing with and accepting one’s limitations and problems an intrinsic part of human development?), differentiation vs. normalization (will individual’s empowerment over their own make-up manifest itself as homogenization of humankind?), and defense for autonomy vs. defense for enhancement.