From hance to Choice - Genetics and Justice

Klappentext A treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to humans. Zusammenfassung This 2000 book was the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to human beings. The authors probe the implications of genetic advances for our understanding of distributive justice! and the role of the concept of human nature in ethical theory and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Eugenics and its shadow; 3. Genes, justice, and human nature; 4. Positive and negative genetic interventions; 5. Reproductive freedom and the prevention of harm; 6. Why not the best?; 7. Genetic intervention and the morality of inclusion; 8. Policy implications; Appendix 1. The meaning of genetic causation, by Elliott Sober; Appendix 2. Methodology; References.

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• Autori: D. W. Brock, Dan W. Brock, A. Buchanan, Allen Buchanan, Allen E. Buchanan, N. Daniels, Norman Daniels, Daniel Wikler, Daniel (University of Wisconsin Wikler
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2002
• EAN: 9780521669771
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66977-1
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altre religioni mondiali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie