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Bioethics in its present incarnation is a fine example of perverse incentives at work. The people involved are rewarded when they invent problems, slow down pro
by reasonattlm 11y ago
Bioethics in its present incarnation is a fine example of perverse incentives at work. The people involved are rewarded when they invent problems, slow down progress, and add expense to development; their very jobs depend on providing a supply of spanners in the works. The whole field should be thrown out of polite society and all of the funding they siphon away from actually making progress in medicine redirected to productive use.
- refurb 11y agoYou could make the same argument about all ethics though? I'm not sure I'd throw out all bioethics. Wasn't it bioethics that put an end to eugenics?
- freshhawk 11y agoIt's just the same file-drawer effect that happens in all media. The bioethicist who argues that the net positive effects of CRISPR will outweigh the potential harm doesn't get quoted. Same as the doctors who argued that ebola wasn't a danger to Americans. I don't see why the blame should be put on the field.