Harris Enhancing Evolution

The Ethical Case for Making Better People
With a New preface by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3638-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Science Essentials

John Harris is the Lord David Alliance Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester School of Law, joint editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics, and a member of Britain's Human Genetics Commission. His many books include On Cloning and Clones, Genes, and Immortality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix

Foreword by Steve Rayner xix

Acknowledgments xxv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Has Humankind a Future? 8

Chapter 2: Enhancement Is a Moral Duty 19

Chapter 3: What Enhancements Are and Why They Matter 36

Chapter 4: Immortality 59

Chapter 5: Reproductive Choice and the Democratic Presumption 72

Chapter 6: Disability and Super-Ability 86

Chapter 7: Perfection and the Blue Guitar 109

Chapter 8: Good and Bad Uses of Technology 123

Chapter 9: Designer Children 143

Chapter 10: The Irredeemable Paradox of the Embryo 160

Chapter 11: The Obligation to Pursue and Participate in Research 184

Notes 207

Bibliography 227

Index 239

Über Autor(innen)

John Harris is the Lord David Alliance Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester School of Law, joint editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics, and a member of Britain's Human Genetics Commission. His many books include On Cloning and Clones, Genes, and Immortality.