Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control

Leading scientists explain the nature and goals of `test-tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, issues are considered in a social ethic - rather than individualistic - context.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Having Children; Chapter 1 Having Children, Ruth F. Chadwick; Chapter 2 Test Tube Babies are Babies, Jerome Lejeune; Chapter 3 Marriage and the Family; Chapter 4 IVF and the Law, Sir David Napley; Chapter 5 In Vitro Fertilisation and the Warnock Report, R. M. Hare; Part 2 The Perfect Baby; Chapter 6 The Perfect Baby, Ruth F. Chadwick; Chapter 7 The Prospect of Designed Genetic Change, Robert L. Sinsheimer; Chapter 8 Human Gene Therapy, W. French Anderson; Chapter 9 Eugenics on the Rise, C. K. Chan; Chapter 10 Should One be Free to Choose the Sex of One's Child?, Dharma Kumar;

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ruth F. Chadwick

Zusammenfassung

Leading scientists explain the nature and goals of `test-tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, issues are considered in a social ethic - rather than individualistic - context.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ruth Chadwick
• Mitarbeit: Ruth Chadwick (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138159280
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15928-0
• Seiten: 232
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Sex and sexuality: advice, topics and issues