Gene Drives as Interventions into Nature: the Coproduction of Ontology and Morality in the Gene Drive Debate

Background

Gene drives are potentially ontologically and morally disruptive technologies. The potential to shape evolutionary processes and to eradicate (e.g. malaria-transmitting or invasive) populations raises ontological questions about evolution, nature, and wilderness. The transformative promises and perils of gene drives also raise pressing ethical and political concerns.

Boersma, K., Bovenkerk, B., & Ludwig, D. (2023). Gene Drives as Interventions into Nature: the Coproduction of Ontology and Morality in the Gene Drive Debate. NanoEthics17(1), 4.

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