DerivedTechnology, AI and Human-Scale Life
Transhumanism and Human Enhancement
Medicine may heal and restore, but human beings should not be treated as raw material for technological optimization or replacement.
Policy catalogueTechnology, AI and Human-Scale Life
DerivedGenetic Engineering
Therapeutic genetic medicine may be legitimate, while heritable enhancement and the instrumentalization of embryonic human life face a strong prohibition.
Position
Restore Europe distinguishes treatment of disease from projects aimed at redesigning human nature or selecting preferred human traits.
Policy
- Permit legitimate somatic gene therapy directed toward treatment of disease, subject to medical safety standards.
- Prohibit genetic experimentation that treats human embryos merely as disposable research material where this conflicts with protection of human life from conception.
- Maintain a strong presumption against heritable germline enhancement.
- Prohibit commercial creation of genetically selected or engineered designer children.
- Distinguish therapy from enhancement of intelligence, appearance, strength or other preferred traits.
- Reject eugenic state programmes.
- Protect genetic information as highly sensitive personal data.
Implementation note
Implementation note
The manifesto does not settle genetic engineering in detail. The position is derived from Catholic anthropology, protection of life from conception and the principle that technological capability does not itself create moral legitimacy.
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Catholic Medical Ethics
Public healthcare should respect Catholic medical ethics, and Catholic hospitals should be free to maintain their own ethical standards.
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Abortion
Restore Europe holds that human life must be protected from conception, and that elective direct abortion should be prohibited.
- Manifesto CoreTechnology, AI and Human-Scale Life
Technology: General Doctrine
Technological development is not synonymous with human progress, and should be judged by its effects on autonomy, family, community and work.
Every question in this catalogue carries a position. Entries marked Derived follow the direction of the manifesto without their implementation being fixed, and several name the legal or treaty change they would require. Positions are revised as the movement decides; the version and date above say which text you are reading.