增强后代基因的权利基础及其界限

On the Right to Enhance the Genes of One’s Offspring and It’s Limits

从权利理论的角度看,增强后代基因引发了两类争议:一类是它的权利基础问题,另一类是它的权利界限问题。通过考察增强后代基因与生育、养育自由以及人的尊严的关系可知,增强后代基因具有值得保护的内在价值,有其权利基础。通过考察增强后代基因与后代的“开放未来”利益的关系可知,增强后代基因的权利界限在于:第一,增强方法不损害后代生活规划的基础条件;第二,增强的是后代的通用型天赋或者在通常范围之内增强后代的非通用型天赋。

Whether there is a right to enhance the genes of one’s offspring,this is one of the problems caused by the practice of gene-editing.There are two kinds of controversy about the right,on the one hand,whether there is no value inherently in enhancing the genes of one’s offspring,on the other hand,whether enhancing the genes of one’s offspring violates the rights of open-future of offspring.Through investigating the relations of enhancing the genes of one’s offspring with the procreate-nurture liberty and the human dignity respectively,we can know the inherently important of enhancing the genes of one’s offspring.By analyzing enhancing the genes of one’s offspring with the rights of open-future of offspring,we can assert that in some cases,there is a right to enhance the genes of one’s offspring.