Ethics Grand Rounds: The Geneticization of Education and Its Bioethical Implications

For under $10, direct-to-consumer genetic tests provide reports on educational traits like intelligence and math ability, placing them on a genomic spectrum. This technology, while publicly accessible and cost-effective, has prompted growing concern about its societal impacts and the potential geneticization of education, where educational abilities are increasingly perceived as merely genetic. In this session, Division of Ethics Assistant Professor Lucas Matthews, PhD, and Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry Director Paul Appelbaum, MD, will explore the bioethical implications of this new technology, and discuss the future of equity in education.