Ethics Matters

Ethics Matters: Shaping Our Bodies

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Ethics Matters

Shaping Our Bodies

ABC ME | October 12, 2017

Ethical understanding

Civics and citizenship

Classification: General

Interviewees Julian Savulescu and Serene Khader discuss the effect of social assumptions on how we view our body, and the science we use to change it.

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Interviewees Julian Savulescu and Serene Khader discuss the effect of social assumptions on how we view our body, and the science we use to change it.

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