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The Resource Choosing children : genes, disability, and design, Jonathan Glover

Choosing children : genes, disability, and design, Jonathan Glover

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"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: it comes from those who actually 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?" "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 colour of their children's 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? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere?" "This book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, indeed for anyone concerned about the future of humanity."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
120 pages
Note
APPE gift.
Contents
  • Disability and genetic choice
  • Parental choice and what we owe to our children
  • Human values and genetic design
Isbn
9780199290925
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Choosing children : genes, disability, and design
Title
Choosing children
Title remainder
genes, disability, and design
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Glover
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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: it comes from those who actually 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?" "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 colour of their children's 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? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere?" "This book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, indeed for anyone concerned about the future of humanity."--Jacket
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Glover, Jonathan
Dewey number
618.92/0042
Index
index present
LC call number
  • RJ47.3
  • RG627
LC item number
  • .G556 2006
  • .G568 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2006 D-355
  • WQ 208
NLM item number
G566c 2006
Series statement
Uehiro series in practical ethics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Prenatal diagnosis
  • Genetic disorders in children
  • Medical genetics
  • Human reproduction
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Human beings
  • Medical ethics
  • Genetic counseling
  • Reproductive Techniques
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Preimplantation Diagnosis
  • Maladies héréditaires chez l'enfant
  • Malformations
  • Éthique médicale
  • Conseil génétique
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Genetic counseling
  • Genetic disorders in children
  • Medical ethics
  • Genetische manipulatie
  • Medische ethiek
  • Ethik
  • Gentechnologie
  • Genetisk rådgivning
  • Preimplantatorisk genetisk diagnostik
  • Enfermedades geneticas en niños
  • Deformidades humanas
  • Ética médica
  • Consejo genético
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Choosing children : genes, disability, and design, Jonathan Glover
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Publication
Note
APPE gift.
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110)
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Carrier category code
nc
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Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
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Contents
Disability and genetic choice -- Parental choice and what we owe to our children -- Human values and genetic design
Control code
ocm62118380
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
120 pages
Isbn
9780199290925
Lccn
2005030309
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o62118380
  • (OCoLC)62118380
Label
Choosing children : genes, disability, and design, Jonathan Glover
Link
Publication
Note
APPE gift.
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disability and genetic choice -- Parental choice and what we owe to our children -- Human values and genetic design
Control code
ocm62118380
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
120 pages
Isbn
9780199290925
Lccn
2005030309
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o62118380
  • (OCoLC)62118380

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