The Case against Perfection : : Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering / / Michael J. Sandel.
Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature-to enhance our genetic traits and those...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. The Ethics of Enhancement
- 2. Bionic Athletes
- 3. Designer Children, Designing Parents
- 4. The Old Eugenics and the New
- 5. Mastery and Gift
- Epilogue. Embryo Ethics: The Stem Cell Debate
- Notes
- Index