Liberal Eugenics

In Defence of Human Enhancement

Nicholas Agar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2004
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-2390-7 (ISBN)

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* A provocative defence of the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics. * Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past. * Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view.

In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children’s characteristics.

Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan ‘Brave New World’ or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past
Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view
Considers real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to have
Uses ‘moral images’ as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmas
Provides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of genetics
Creates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies

Nicholas Agar is Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington. His previous books include Life’s Intrinsic Value (2001) and Perfect Copy (2002).

Preface and Acknowledgments.. 1. Genius Sperm, Eugenics, and Enhancement Technologies..

2. A Pragmatic Optimism about Enhancement Technologies..

3. Making Moral Images of Biotechnology..

4. The moral image of therapy..

5. The moral Image of Nature..

6. The Moral Image of Nurture.

7. Our Postliberal Future?.

8. Enhanced Humans When?.

Notes.

Further Reading.

References.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.10.2004
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 231 mm
Gewicht	327 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	1-4051-2390-7 / 1405123907
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-2390-7 / 9781405123907
Zustand	Neuware