ABSTRACT
In complete contrast, the sort of genetic prevention that would be explicitly preventive and populational in scope, such as trying to rid the gene pool of certain disease genes, would be radically different and would be eugenic in the classical sense of the word. Eugenics has often been conceived by its proponents as a kind of super-medicine for a super-patient, namely the gene pool itself. This shift in priorities from the individual and familial level to the collective and populational level is what Juengst refuses, correctly in my opinion. The traditional emphasis on personal rather than public interests and values is central both to the intrinsic moral merit of genetic medicine and to its societal acceptance in free societies.
