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    • Bioethics
    • Reproductive Technologies
    • Genetics

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    • Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs), or 'three-parent IVF', aim to prevent mitochondrial diseases in offspring.
    • Ethical debates question whether MRTs alter an existing individual or create a new one, impacting germline genetic manipulation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the ethical and philosophical implications of MRTs on individual identity.
    • To argue that MRTs result in the creation of a numerically distinct individual.

    Main Methods:

    • Philosophical analysis of identity concepts (qualitative vs. numerical).
    • Critique of existing ethical arguments, including those from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB).

    Main Results:

    • MRTs result in the creation of a new, numerically distinct individual.
    • The author's explanation for this distinction is presented as preferable to the NCOB's.

    Conclusions:

    • The creation of a numerically distinct individual through MRTs has significant ethical and legal ramifications.
    • Further philosophical and ethical discourse is needed to address the creation of new individuals via germline modification.