Avoidance Versus Elimination. How Can We Harm Less? How Can We Do Rather Good?

Abstract

The present article focuses on hereditary genetic disorders which is specified and evaluated through comparative analysis. This comparison extends on highlighting a fewfactors in connection with avoidance through IVF embryo selection procedure and elimination, removal through germline gene editing. Focusing on the later listed factors the author introduces a new perspective of moral evaluation of the mentioned procedures. With the explanation of the dilemma, according to showing the factors and with the analysis of their effects the paper concludes that it is conceivable based on the factors discussed here that avoiding the appearance of genetic disease through IVF embryo selection is morally moreacceptable, given the current state of science and technology, than the direct modification, intervention into the germline.