Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public PolicyVerna V. Gehring Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 - 132 páginas While the collapse of the Soviet Union has diminished the force of George Orwell's 1984, the other great dystopian tract of the twentieth century, Alduous Huxley's Brave New World, is timelier than ever. The ongoing process of genetic science may well revolutionize medicine and human reproduction, and it may end by giving us the ability to transform the human species itself. This new power has raised hopes that we will solve a range of genetically based problems that afflict us. It has also evoked fears that we are on the verge of a 'post human' future in which precious but necessary norms regulating individual and social life will be set aside. Will we have the moral and political wisdom to avoid the pitfalls in using new biotechnologies? Genetic Prospects considers the resources from which the needed norms and maxims might be drawn, scrutinizing carefully the contributions of common sense, religion, and moral sentiment. Taken together, the essays in this volume apply philosophical analysis to address three kinds of questions: What are the implications of genetic science for our understanding of nature? What might it influence in our conception of human nature? What challenges does genetic science poses for specific issues of private conduct or public policy? |
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... norms regulating individual and social life will be set aside . Some worry that the posthuman age will be hubristic , even Promethean , reveling in the unfettered self - creative liberty . Others fear just the reverse , that it will ...
... norms regulating individual and social life will be set aside . Some worry that the posthuman age will be hubristic , even Promethean , reveling in the unfettered self - creative liberty . Others fear just the reverse , that it will ...
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... norms and maxims might be drawn ? One possibility : from common sense . Prudential con- siderations based on uncertainty about consequences and about the balance of costs and benefits from genetic interventions should be given their due ...
... norms and maxims might be drawn ? One possibility : from common sense . Prudential con- siderations based on uncertainty about consequences and about the balance of costs and benefits from genetic interventions should be given their due ...
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... norms for the regulation of genetic technology , but also discoveries in this area can affect our self - concep- tion . Wachbroit distinguishes multiple meanings — statistical , social , and biological — of the " normal " —and argues ...
... norms for the regulation of genetic technology , but also discoveries in this area can affect our self - concep- tion . Wachbroit distinguishes multiple meanings — statistical , social , and biological — of the " normal " —and argues ...
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... norms should control the use of genetic technology for aesthetic or cosmetic purposes ? She suggests that the doubts we harbor about the moral merits of cosmetic surgery apply as well to the prospect of cosmetic genetics . Specifically ...
... norms should control the use of genetic technology for aesthetic or cosmetic purposes ? She suggests that the doubts we harbor about the moral merits of cosmetic surgery apply as well to the prospect of cosmetic genetics . Specifically ...
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Índice
Genetic Engineering and the Concept of the Natural | 11 |
Unnatural Farming and the Debate over Genetic Manipulation | 27 |
Genetic Engineering and Our Human Nature | 41 |
Normal Humans Human Nature and Genetic Lessons | 49 |
Finessing Nature | 61 |
Stem Cell Research and the Legacy of Abortion | 73 |
What Makes Genetic Discrimination Exceptional? | 83 |
My Fair Baby Whats Wrong with Parents Genetically Enhancing Their Children? | 97 |
The Ethics of Making the Body Beautiful What Cosmetic Genetics Can Learn from Cosmetic Surgery | 109 |
Index | 121 |
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