The Moral Justifiability of Genetic Manipulation
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In my recent article, "an the Genetic Manipllation of Animals, "[1] I argued that although current genetic experiments on sen tient non-human anirrals (hereafter, simply "anirrals") tivated by a thorough going, responsible respect and concern for sentient individuals, I held, it could be m::>rally justifiable. While Michael W. Fox has disagreed with sane of my contentions, at bottom we agree far m::>re than we disagree. I am pleased to have the opportunity here to respond to him in turn.
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