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Liberal eugenics: moral justification of practice

Mićić Stefan

This paper considers the question of justification of liberal eugenics as a mean to change human nature that is formed by evolution. The paper present an idea of liberal eugenics, and position of its proponent Nicholas Agar and its opponent Francis Fukuyama. The question of moral justification of liberal eugenics will be predominantly examined from the perspective of autonomy. It will be argued that the respect for human nature, formed by evolution, is secondary to the question of moral obligation to respect human dignity and as such, the practice of liberal eugenics can be morally justified.

Keywords: liberal eugenics, Agar, Fukuyama, autonomy, moral justification