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The Almost Perfect Baby. Genetics, reproduction, and eugenics

Jean-Hugues Déchaux 1
1 CMW - Centre Max Weber
Abstract : The genetic revolution is marked, in particular, by complex transformations in reproductive technologies. From our relationship to motherhood to the idea of ‘free-choice eugenics’, we look back over the ethical controversies surrounding genetic engineering.
Keywords : eugenics genetics kinship reproduction
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Jean-Hugues Déchaux. The Almost Perfect Baby. Genetics, reproduction, and eugenics. Books and Ideas, Collège de France, 2018. ⟨halshs-01883729⟩

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