Genetic ethics : an introduction /
Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic screening, gene therapy and genome editing might be used to promote equality of opportunity, reproductive freedom, healthy aging, and the prevention and...
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Polity Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic screening, gene therapy and genome editing might be used to promote equality of opportunity, reproductive freedom, healthy aging, and the prevention and treatment of disease. But these technologies also raise a host of ethical questions: Is the idea of "genetically engineering" humans a morally objectionable form of eugenics' Should parents undergoing IVF be permitted to screen embryos for the sex of their offspring' Would it be ethical to alter t |
Carrier Form: | 207 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-190) and index. |
ISBN: |
0745695078 9780745695037 (hardback) : |
Index Number: | QH438 |
CLC: | Q987-05 |
Call Number: | Q987-05/F245 |
Contents: | Eugenics : inherently immoral? -- The genetic revolution : a snapshot -- Disease -- Epigenetics -- Reproductive freedom -- Aging research and longevity -- Happiness, memory and behaviour. |