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Babies by design. Evolution: Humans: Babies by Design. Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice: Ronald M. Green: 9780300143089: Amazon.com. Babies by design: the ethics of genetic choice. Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College, US Since the middle of 2007, three books have appeared exploring the ethical issues raised by human genetic self-modification and gene enhancement: Michael Sandel's The Case against Perfection (Harvard University Press), John Harris's Enhancing Evolution (Princeton University Press), and my own Babies by Design (Yale University Press).

Babies by design: the ethics of genetic choice

Sandel's book continues the critique of gene manipulation that he championed as a member of President Bush's Council on Bioethics.