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Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control

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Zusatztext `Chadwick performs a real service to the general reader by establishing in the more popular literature the modern alternative reproductive technologies.' - Choice Informationen zum Autor Ruth F. Chadwick Klappentext In this revised edition with a new preface from the editor, leading scientists explain the nature and goals of `test tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, the extended commentary considers the issues in the context of a social ethic rather than the individualist viewpoint. Zusammenfassung Leading scientists explain the nature and goals of `test-tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, issues are considered in a social ethic - rather than individualistic - context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Having Children; Chapter 1 Having Children, Ruth F. Chadwick; Chapter 2 Test Tube Babies are Babies, Jerome Lejeune; Chapter 3 Marriage and the Family; Chapter 4 IVF and the Law, Sir David Napley; Chapter 5 In Vitro Fertilisation and the Warnock Report, R. M. Hare; Part 2 The Perfect Baby; Chapter 6 The Perfect Baby, Ruth F. Chadwick; Chapter 7 The Prospect of Designed Genetic Change, Robert L. Sinsheimer; Chapter 8 Human Gene Therapy, W. French Anderson; Chapter 9 Eugenics on the Rise, C. K. Chan; Chapter 10 Should One be Free to Choose the Sex of One’s Child?, Dharma Kumar;

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Authors Ruth Chadwick
Assisted by Ruth Chadwick (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 14.01.1993
 
EAN 9780415089791
ISBN 978-0-415-08979-1
No. of pages 228
Subjects Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

History, PHILOSOPHY / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, Humanities, Ethics and moral philosophy, Medical ethics and professional conduct

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