Creating Human Nature - The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering

List of contents

Part I. The Political Bioethics of Regulating Genetic Engineering: 1. Regulation Guided by Proceduralism; 2. Regulation Guided by Less-than-Universal Standards; 3. Regulation Guided by Human Nature as Construction Not Essence; 4. Regulation Guided by Human Dignity as Decisional Autonomy Not Essence; Part II. The Political Dimensions of Engineering Intelligence: 5. Threshold Capacities for Political Participation; 6. Political Capacity of Human Intelligence and the Challenge of AI; 7. Political Ambiguity of Personalized Education Informed by the Pupil's Genome; Part III. Inequality as Unintended Consequence Locally and as a Planetary Phenomenon: 8. A Human Right to Freedom from Genetic Disability; 9. Deploying Epigenetics to Identify Responsibility for Health Inequalities; 10. Genetic Engineering as a Technology of the Anthropocene; Coda: Bioethics as Political Theory.

About the author

Benjamin Gregg is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

This book is addressed to the citizens of a liberal democratic political community confronted by the unprecedented challenges of deciding difficult and controversial issues generated by technical possibilities, flowing from rapid developments in biology, medicine, and biotechnology, for editing the human genome.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Gregg, Benjamin (University of Texas Gregg, Gregg Benjamin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108841160
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84116-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Genetic Engineering, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Impact of science & technology on society, Political science and theory, Impact of science and technology on society, Medical & healthcare law, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Medical and healthcare law