Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Informationen zum Autor Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Law, Science and Technology Program at Georgia Institute of Techology, USA. Klappentext Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technological developments that have brought us to this pass, The Ethics of Genetic Engineering focuses on the ethical and policy debate, noting the deep divide that separates proponents and opponents. The book locates the source of this divide in differing framing assumptions: reductionist pluralist on one side, holist communitarian on the other. The book argues that we must bridge this divide, drawing on the resources from both encampments, if we are to understand and cope with the distinctive problems posed by genetic engineering. These problems, termed "fractious problems," are novel, complex, ethically fraught, unavoidably of public concern, and unavoidably divisive. Berry examines three prominent ethical and political theories - utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics - to consider their competency in bridging the divide and addressing these fractious problems. The book concludes that virtue ethics can best guide parental decision making and that a new policymaking approach sketched here, a "navigational approach," can best guide policymaking. These approaches enable us to gain a rich understanding of the problems posed and to craft resolutions adequate to their challenges. Zusammenfassung This new book examines the implications of each of the prominent normatic theories which have surfaced in relation to genetic engineering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface CHAPTER 1: GENETIC ENGINEERING: PAST AND PRESENT AS PRELUDE TO THE FUTURE CHAPTER 2: UTILITARIANISM AND ENGINEERING TO MAXIMIZE WELFARE CHAPTER 3: DEONTOLOGY: ENGINEERING AT THE EDGES OF DISEASE, DISABILITY, DIFFERENCE, AND DEATH CHAPTER 4: VIRTUE ETHICS AND ENGINEERING FOR THE VIRTUES CHAPTER 5: GENETIC ENGINEERING, FRACTIOUS PROBLEMS, AND A NAVIGATIONAL APPROACH TO POLICYMAKING Notes Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Roberta M. Berry, Roberta M. (Georgia Institute of Technology Berry, Berry Roberta M.
• Assisted by: Mark Cherry (Editor of the series), Mark J. Cherry (Editor of the series), Ana S. Iltis (Editor of the series), Ana Smith Iltis (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780415769945
• ISBN: 978-0-415-76994-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics; Routledge Annals of Bioethics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Political, MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Public Administration, Ethics and moral philosophy, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct