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Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics Ser.: Choosing Children : Genes, Disability, and Design by Jonathan Glover (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10019929092X
ISBN-139780199290925
eBay Product ID (ePID)9038274689
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChoosing Children : Genes, Disability, and Design
Publication Year2006
SubjectEthics, Pathophysiology, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Genetics
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Medical
AuthorJonathan Glover
SeriesUehiro Series in Practical Ethics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-030309
Reviews'delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority....a a thoughtful and superbly written book', delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority... a thoughtful and superbly written book
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal618.92/0042
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Disability and Genetic ChoiceDisability and Human FlourishingEugenics?2. Parental Choice and What We Owe to Our ChildrenThe Boundaries of Parental ChoiceTwo Dimensions of EthicsWhat do We Owe to Our Children? A Decent Chance of a Good LifeWhat do We Owe to Our Children? Respect for Identity and Autonomy3. Human Values and Genetic DesignThe Genetic Supermarket, Inequality, and EntrapmentShould We Defend a Central Core of Human Nature?The Further Future
SynopsisGenetic 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? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem. Surely parents owe it to their children to keep them free from disabilities? But there is a powerful new challenge from people who have these conditions: how do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? Jonathan Glover also examines the emotive idea of "eugenics," and the ethics of attempting to enhance people genetically for non-medical reasons. Should parents be free to choose, for instance, the color of their children's eyes or hair? What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole? This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who is concerned about our human future., 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.
LC Classification NumberRJ47.3.G556 2006
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