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Zusatztext Rethinking Reprogenetics by Immaculada de Melo-Martin has at its heart a desire to spark discussion about the foundations of our right to reproduce. While many of the arguments are familiar in feminist ethics, de Melo-Martin's text is a useful addition in that she is focusing on the development and application of genetic techonology towards reproductive ends. Informationen zum Autor Inmaculada de Melo-Martín is professor of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine. She holds as PhD in Philosophy and an M.S. in Biology. Her research focuses on ethical and epistemological issues related to biomedical sciences and technologies. She has published extensively on those topics in both philosophy and science journals. Klappentext Reprogenetic technologies, which combine the power of reproductive techniques with the tools of genetic science and technology, promise prospective parents a remarkable degree of control to pick and choose the likely characteristics of their offspring. Not only can they select embryos with or without particular genetically-related diseases and disabilities but also choose embryos with non-disease related traits such as sex. Prominent authors such as Agar, Buchanan, DeGrazia, Green, Harris, Robertson, Savulescu, and Silver have flocked to the banner of reprogenetics. For them, increased reproductive choice and reduced suffering through the elimination of genetic disease and disability are just the first step. They advocate use of these technologies to create beings who enjoy longer and healthier lives, possess greater intellectual capacities, and are capable of more refined emotional experiences. Indeed, Harris and Savulescu in particular take reprogenetic technologies to be so valuable to human beings that they have insisted that their use is not only morally permissible but morally required. Rethinking Reprogenetics challenges this mainstream view with a contextualised, gender-attentive philosophical perspective. De Melo-Mart?n demonstrates that you do not have to be a Luddite, social conservative, or religious zealot to resist the siren song of reprogenetics. Pointing out the flawed nature of the arguments put forward by the technologies' proponents, Rethinking Reprogenetics reveals the problematic nature of the assumptions underpinning current evaluations of these technologies and offers a framework for a more critical and sceptical assessment. Zusammenfassung Reprogenetic technologies have been embraced by advocates as tools that can create healthier, smarter, more admirable human beings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction: Challenging Mainstream Defenses of Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 2. Reprogenetic Technologies: An Overview Chapter 3. Procreative Liberty: The Moral Permissibility of Reprogenetics Chapter 4. Conscripted in the Pursuit of Perfection: The Moral Obligation to Use Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 5. The Illusion of Control: Reprogenetic Technologies and the Natural Lottery Chapter 6. Not of Woman Born: Reprogenetics and the Erasing of Women Chapter 7. Different Things Delight Different People: On the Value-Neutrality of Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 8. Enhancing the Assessment of Reprogenetic Technologies: The Case of Mitochondrial Replacement ...
