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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glover, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Uehiro series in practical ethics.

Uehiro series in practical ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genetic engineering.

Genetic disorders in children.

Abnormalities, Human--Genetic aspects.

Abnormalities, Human.

Medical ethics.

Genetic counseling.

Reproductive Techniques--ethics.

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Preimplantation Diagnosis--ethics.

Genetic Counseling.

Ethics, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

Reproductive Techniques--ethics.

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Preimplantation Diagnosis--ethics.

Genetic Counseling.

Ethics, Medical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Genes, disability, and design

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem. Surely parents owe it to their children to keep them free from disabilities? But there is a powerful new challenge from people who have these conditions: how do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? Jonathan Glover also examines the emotive idea of 'eu

Contents:

Disability and genetic choice

Parental choice and what we owe to our children

Human values and genetic design.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110).

ISBN:

1-280-87015-X

9786610870158

0-19-153748-9

1-4294-8711-9

OCLC:

476258150