Liberal eugenics: moral justification of practice

Justification of Galston’s liberal pluralism

Liberal multicultural theories developed in late twenty-first century aims to ensure the rights of the minorities, social justice and harmony in liberal societies. Will Kymlicka is the leading philosopher in this field. He advocates minority rights, their autonomy and the way minority groups can be accommodated in a liberal society with their distinct cultural identity. Besides him, there are o...

Scientific Justification of Cryonics Practice

Very low temperatures create conditions that can preserve tissue for centuries, possibly including the neurological basis of the human mind. Through a process called vitrification, brain tissue can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures without ice formation. Damage associated with this process is theoretically reversible in the same sense that rejuvenation is theoretically possible by specific fo...

Shifting liberal and conservative attitudes using moral foundations theory.

People's social and political opinions are grounded in their moral concerns about right and wrong. We examine whether five moral foundations--harm, fairness, ingroup, authority, and purity--can influence political attitudes of liberals and conservatives across a variety of issues. Framing issues using moral foundations may change political attitudes in at least two possible ways: (a) Entrenchin...

No time to waste on the road to a liberal eugenics?

I n their article “No time to waste”, Arthur L Caplan, Brendan Parent, Michael Shen and Carolyn Plunkett make a valid point that there is “no time to waste” to regulate the application of CRISPR and other tools for genome editing [1]. Preventing the misuse of this new technology requires time for open discussions and should not be driven by the results of applying this technology, which cannot ...

Moral Argument: Theory and Practice