Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control

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.

List of contents

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;

About the author

Ruth F. Chadwick

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Chadwick
• Assisted by: Ruth Chadwick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138159280
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15928-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Sex and sexuality: advice, topics and issues