Screen LibraryParental Responsibility in the Context of Neuroscience and Genetics /
Should parents aim to make their children as normal as possible to increase their chances to fit in ? Are neurological and mental health conditions a part of children s identity and if so, should parents aim to remove or treat these? Should they aim to instill self-control in their children? Should...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42834-5 |
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Should parents aim to make their children as normal as possible to increase their chances to fit in ? Are neurological and mental health conditions a part of children s identity and if so, should parents aim to remove or treat these? Should they aim to instill self-control in their children? Should prospective parents take steps to insure that, of all the children they could have, they choose the ones with the best likely start in life? This volume explores all of these questions and more. Against the background of recent findings and expected advances in neuroscience and genetics, the exten |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(xviii,246pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319428345 |
| Index Number: | BJ1 |
| CLC: | Q987-05 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Chapter 1: Children, neuroscience and genetics: state of the art; Prof. Dr. Frans Feron, Department of Social Medicine, Maastricht University -- Chapter 2: Pathology or condition, an exploration; Prof. Dr. Anna Bosman, Professor in Educational Science, Radboud University Nijmegen -- Chapter 3: Raising self-controlled children; Dr. Dorothee Horstk tter, Assistant Professor in the department of Health, Ethics & Society, Maastricht University -- Chapter 4: The lack of an obligation to select the best child: Silencing the principle of procreative beneficence; Dr. Peter Herissone- |