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Zusatztext she is contentious, starkly matter-of-fact and makes utter sense Informationen zum Autor Mary Warnock's work in academic philosophy includes the books Imagination, Memory, and Existentialism. Much of her career was spent at Oxford University, and she was later Mistress of Girton College Cambridge. She was made a life peer in 1985, and chaired the Committee of Enquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, whose report formed the basis of legislation in the UK. Her most recent book is her autobiography, Mary Warnock: A Memoir. Klappentext Mary Warnock steers a clear path through the web of complex issues underlying the use of new reproductive technologies. She begins by analysing what it means to claim something as a 'right'! and goes on to discuss the cases of different groups of people. She also examines the ethical problems faced by particular types of assisted reproduction! including artificial insemination! in-vitro fertilization! and surrogacy! and argues that in the future human cloning maywell be a viable and acceptable form of treatment for some types of infertility. Zusammenfassung Mary Warnock studies the issues underlying reproductive technologies. She analyses what it means to claim something as a 'right' and discusses the cases of different groups of people. She examines the ethical problems faced by types of assisted reproduction and argues that human cloning may be a viable form of treatment for infertility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Techniques of assisted reproduction Who pays? The right that no stone should be left unturned What constitutes a right? Do people need to have children? A further look at the question of whether there can exist a right to do what is morally wrong The moral status of the human embryo Back to infertility May doctors refuse treatment? The slippery slope Are those who are not infertile entitled to assisted conception? Openness Why do homosexuals want children? The natural and the unnatural The search for security Is fear a proper basis for moral judgement? Conslusions so far Are all methods of fertility treatment legitimate? Cloning: 1997-2001 ...
