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Enhanced beings : human germline modification and the law / Kerry Lynn Macintosh, Santa Clara University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macintosh, Kerry Lynn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Genetic engineering--Law and legislation.
- Genetic engineering.
- Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Genetic Engineering--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Genetic Engineering--ethics.
- Embryonic Germ Cells.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Genetic Engineering--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Genetic Engineering--ethics.
- Embryonic Germ Cells.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 185 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1. Objections to human germline modification
- Therapy and enhancement
- Transgressing boundaries
- Transforming reproduction into manufacture
- Stratifying society
- Endangering democracy, society, and the species
- Part II. Psychological origins and consequences of objections to human germline modification
- Psychological essentialism
- Envy
- Part 3. Human germline modification and the law
- Existing laws and regulations
- Future laws and regulations
- Prohibiting human germline modification harms scientists and science
- Parents, children, foreigners, and society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781108557818
- 1108557813
- Publisher Number:
- 99977647327
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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