ABSTRACT
This contribution describes the potential benefits of genetically engineering animals and ethical objections to certain applications of genetic engineering that can be justified only by dramatically discounting the interests of nonhuman animals. Then, it discusses a different set of ethical objections to applications of gene-editing technology that would presumably be permissible according to standard harm–benefit analyses of the type utilitarian philosophers might be inclined to use, including objections from more traditional animal rights approaches as well as those based on concepts which have been recently introduced into this debate specifically to deal with new ethical issues raised by biotechnology.
