Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? There is no ethical question more urgent than this: we may be at a turning-point in the history of humanity. The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover shows us how we might try to answer this question, and other provoking and disturbing questions to which it leads. Surely parents owe it to their ...
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Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? There is no ethical question more urgent than this: we may be at a turning-point in the history of humanity. The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover shows us how we might try to answer this question, and other provoking and disturbing questions to which it leads. Surely parents owe it to their children to give them the best life they can? Increasingly we are able to reduce the number of babies born with disabilities and disorders. But there is a powerful new challenge to conventional thinking about the desirability of doing so: this comes from the voices of those who have these conditions. They call into question the very definition of disability. How do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? In 2002 a deaf couple used sperm donated by a friend with hereditary deafness to have a deaf baby: they took the view that deafness is not a disability, but a difference. Starting with the issues raised by this case, Jonathan Glover examines the emotive idea of 'eugenics', and the ethics of attempting to enhance people, for non-medical reasons, by means of genetic choices. Should parents be free, not only to have children free from disabilities, but to choose, for instance, the colour of their eyes or hair? This is no longer a distant prospect, but an existing power which we cannot wish away. What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole? Should we try to make general improvements to the genetic make-up of human beings? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere? This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, anyone who is concerned about our human future. Glover handles these uncomfortable questions in a controversial but always humane and sympathetic manner.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: 9780199290925.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Uehiro Practical Ethics. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2005030309 Type of material Book Personal name Glover, Jonathan. Main title Choosing children: genes, disability, and design / Jonathan Glover. Published/Created Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Description 120 p.; 21 cm. ISBN 019929092X (alk. paper) 9780199290925 (alk. paper) LC classification RJ47.3. G556 2006 Contents Disability and genetic choice--Parental choice and what we owe to our children--Human values and genetic design. Subjects Genetic disorders in children. Abnormalities, Human--Genetic aspects. Medical ethics. Genetic counseling. Reproductive Techniques--ethics. Genetic Engineering--ethics. Preimplantation Diagnosis--ethics. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110). Series Uehiro series in practical ethics Dewey class no. 618.92/0042 NLM class no. 2006 D-355 WQ 208 G566c 2006 National bib no. GBA605816 National bib agency no. 101272206 013359744 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm62118380
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Used: Very good. Size: 5x0x8; Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Very good hardcover with dustjacket; bar code glued to back paste down; dustjacket creases, tips/edges bumped, slight signs of wear; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.