Choosing Tomorrow's Children - The Ethics of Selective Reproduction

Zusatztext [an] interesting book with some very arresting insights and well worth reading, whether you are a graduate student, academic or just interested in the exciting new field of emerging reproductive technologies. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Wilkinson is Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Professional Ethics at Keele University. Klappentext To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children? Is there something morally wrong with choosing what their sex will be, or with trying to 'screen out' as much disease and disability as possible before birth? Stephen Wilkinson offers answers to such questions. Zusammenfassung To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children? Is there something morally wrong with choosing what their sex will be, or with trying to 'screen out' as much disease and disability as possible before birth? Stephen Wilkinson offers answers to such questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: the Ethics of Selective Reproduction 2: Parental Duties and Virtues 3: Selecting for Disability and the Welfare of the Child 4: Choosing One for the Sake of Another 5: Treating Children as Commodities 6: Eugenics and the Expressivist Argument 7: Enhancement 8: Sex Selection

Product details

• Authors: Wilkinson, Stephen Wilkinson, Stephen (Keele University) Wilkinson, Wilkinson Stephen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780199273966
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927396-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics; Issues in Biomedical Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct