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The case against perfection Ethics in the age of genetic engineering
In book Delta of The metaphysics, Aristotle provided the oldest known definition of perfection: “That is perfect which is complete — which contains all the requisite parts; which is so good that nothing of the kind could be better; which has attained its purpose” (1). In Michael Sandel’s book The case against perfection: ethics in the age of genetic engineering, Aristotle figures only as a sour...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychoanalysis
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1226-7503,2383-7624
DOI: 10.18529/psychoanal.2018.29.1.14