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Zusatztext Glover's book is informative, argumentative and well structured. Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Glover is Professor of Ethics at King's College, University of London, and the Director of the Center for Medical Law and Ethics. He is the author of Causing Death and Saving Lives: The Moral Problems of Abortion, Infanticide, Suicide, Euthanasia, Capital Punishment, War, and Other Life-or-Death Choices and Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, among other books. Klappentext Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem. Zusammenfassung Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Disability and Genetic Choice Disability and Human Flourishing Eugenics? 2: Parental Choice and What We Owe to Our Children The Boundaries of Parental Choice Two Dimensions of Ethics What do We Owe to Our Children? A Decent Chance of a Good Life What do We Owe to Our Children? Respect for Identity and Autonomy 3: Human Values and Genetic Design The Genetic Supermarket, Inequality, and Entrapment Should We Defend a Central Core of Human Nature? The Further Future
