The Ethics of the New Eugenics / / ed. by Calum MacKellar, Christopher Bechtel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• HerausgeberIn: Bechtel, Christopher,; MacKellar, Calum,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)

Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today’s reproductive developments, including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HISTORY OF EUGENICS -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO EUGENIC PROCEDURES -- GENERAL ETHICAL DISCUSSION -- ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING THE NEW EUGENICS -- ARGUMENTS OPPOSING THE NEW EUGENICS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I Past and Present Personalities Supporting Eugenic Policies -- APPENDIX II Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on Eugenics -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX