Bioethics

[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode396-lq.mp3"][/audio]At first glance, bioethics might seem like just another branch of ethical philosophy where academics endlessly debate other academics about how many angels dance on the head of a pin in far-out, science fiction like scenarios. What many do not know, however, is that the seemingly benign academic study of bioethics has its roots in the dark history of eugenics.

On Monday, a group of U.S. scientists, The Center for Genetics and Society (CGS), and the activist group Friends of the Earth called for a global ban on gene editing of human embryos just a day before a major international meeting in Washington, D.C., to tackle the policy and ethical issues surrounding the technology.

A recent headline reads: Head transplant: man will be attached to new body in under an hour and aim is immortality, doctor says.