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When bioethics committees struggle to create CRISPR research guidelines

Our bioethics committee keeps getting stuck in circular debates about CRISPR research guidelines because everyone brings their own moral framework and no one wants to appear to be compromising on principles. We've been tasked with creating policy but we can't even agree on how to have the conversation.

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Moral certainty in complex terrain creates the very rigidity that prevents wise navigation.

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