CRISPR in Context: Editing with Ethics

The power to edit life raises a harder question than capability: should we, and under what rules? CRISPR in Context: Editing with Ethics examines gene editing not as a breakthrough alone, but as a responsibility that reshapes medicine, society, and the future of human choice.
This book takes an ethical and societal perspective. It places CRISPR within historical, regulatory, and moral frameworks, showing why technical precision does not equal moral clarity. Readers are guided through therapeutic promise, unintended consequences, and the line between treatment and enhancement.
Rather than arguing for or against gene editing, the book focuses on judgment. It explores who decides, how consent works across generations, and why global standards matter when edits are irreversible. Ethics is treated as a design discipline—something that must be built into practice, not debated after deployment.
This book explores:
• Where medical benefit ends and ethical risk begins
• Why germline editing changes the rules entirely
• How regulation struggles to keep pace with capability
• Why equity and access shape moral outcomes
• How responsibility scales with power
This book is for scientists, clinicians, policymakers, and thoughtful readers who refuse simple answers. If editing life is possible, this book asks how to do so with restraint, context, and care.