Tong Rosemarie
Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
N C Med J. 2013 Nov-Dec;74(6):522-5.
Many of the ethical concerns raised by genetic testing and screening relate to accuracy, cost, and confidentiality. Perhaps the most serious worry-one that is not without merit-is that the new genomics is a disguised version of the old eugenics. On balance, however, genetic testing and screening seem to be in society's best interests.
基因检测和筛查引发的许多伦理问题都与准确性、成本和保密性有关。也许最严重的担忧——这并非毫无道理——是新的基因组学是旧优生学的一种变相形式。然而,总体而言,基因检测和筛查似乎符合社会的最大利益。