To What Moral Principle Does This Argument Appeal? Enhancement Would

question 22

Multiple Choice

To what moral principle does this argument appeal? Enhancement would give enhanced people an unfair advantage over the unenhanced.Only the well-off could afford genetic enhancement,so the less fortunate would go without it.And those who are enhanced would acquire traits and capacities that would give them an enormous edge over the unenhanced in any competition for society's goods;this would lead to social inequality.

• A)autonomy
• B)utility
• C)beneficence
• D)justice

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