Promissory ethical regimes: publics and public goods in genome editing for human health

Abstract This paper analyses promissory discourse for genome editing and human health in the UK, attending to articulation of public goods their beneficiary publics. Focusing on reasoning about an emerging technology field as anticipatory ethical considerations integral such debates, notion regime a mode governance is applied concept regime. By analyzing key documents interviews with opinion leaders—thus focusing discursive dimension—an enabling its contestation are identified. posits scientific knowledge production now, improved treatment or prevention hereditary diseases later, sociotechnical project worthy support. Specific publics created beneficiaries. These play out rationales editing.