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Can the Use of CRISPR in Humans Result in Decreased Social Justice for Future Stakeholders?
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Once limited to somatic genetic editing, the use of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) gene editing technology to conduct germline editing is inevitable. Recent advances in CRISPR technology are outpacing the ability of policy makers to frame and address this powerful technology. Accepting the premise that CRISPR-mediated gene editing in humans will occur in the future, we present an anticipatory analysis of the ethical viability of CRISPR with respect to future stakeholders. We show that pluralist universalism, which holds social justice and freedom as its central tenets, illustrates that for future stakeholders, a decrease in social justice will occur if CRISPR is used in this way. We use computing's digital divide as an analog for CRISPR and demonstrate that there will be inequalities in access and advantage conferred by the use of CRISPR with respect to historically ethnic and socioeconomic disadvantaged groups. Finally, we make recommendations for policy makers with specific emphasis on international treaties that de-emphasize the role of scientists in dictating policy regarding the use of CRISPR.
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