Genes and Future People Philosophical Issues in Human Genetics

This book aims to move philosophers, bioethicists, and readers in general to reflect on the extent to which genes determine our identities as persons, the quality of our lives, our moral obligations to future generations of people and whether we are healthy or diseased.

Info autore

Walter Glannon received a BA from Duke University, a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University. He has been a Killam Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, a Fellow at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association, and a Fellow at the MacLean centre for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago. He is Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Clinical Ethicist at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.

Riassunto

This book aims to move philosophers, bioethicists, and readers in general to reflect on the extent to which genes determine our identities as persons, the quality of our lives, our moral obligations to future generations of people and whether we are healthy or diseased.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walter Glannon, Glannon Walter
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 28.08.2019
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780367315948
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31594-8
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Categorie: PHILOSOPHY / General; Philosophy