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  • Epidemiology
  • Zoology

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  • Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is transmitted by lone star ticks, inducing a severe red meat allergy.
  • Public health initiatives focus on preventing tick bites and AGS.
  • Current research aims to develop an AGS inoculation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To ethically evaluate the promotion of tickborne AGS.
  • To determine if AGS can function as a moral bioenhancer.
  • To argue for the moral obligation to promote AGS under specific conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation using the Convergence Argument.
  • Analysis of AGS as a moral bioenhancer.
  • Ethical assessment of promoting disease proliferation.

Main Results:

  • Tickborne AGS is proposed as a moral bioenhancer when it discourages meat consumption.
  • The Convergence Argument suggests promoting AGS is strongly pro tanto obligatory.
  • Genetically editing ticks to proliferate AGS is deemed morally obligatory.

Conclusions:

  • Efforts to prevent AGS spread are morally questionable if meat consumption is deemed impermissible.
  • Promoting AGS proliferation aligns with ethical principles of preventing harm and promoting virtue.
  • The ethical landscape of disease intervention requires re-evaluation in light of potential moral benefits.