Babies By Design - The Ethics of Genetic Choice

Informationen zum Autor Ronald M. Green is Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values and director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College. He was founding director of the Office of Genome Ethics at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of six previous books, most recently The Human Embryo Research Debates: Bioethics and the Vortex of Controversy . He lives in Norwich, VT. Klappentext New reproductive technologies enable parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Despite the loud cries of alarm that such a prospect inspires, the author argues that we will, and we should, undertake the direction of our own evolution. Zusammenfassung New reproductive technologies enable parents to select some genetic traits for their children! and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Despite the loud cries of alarm that such a prospect inspires! the author argues that we will! and we should! undertake the direction of our own evolution.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald M. Green, Ronald M. (Dartmouth College Green
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2008
• EAN: 9780300143089
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14308-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General