The Ethics of the New Eugenics /

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

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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 di...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
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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

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