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Enhanced beings : human germline modification and the law / Kerry Lynn Macintosh, Santa Clara University.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Macintosh, Kerry Lynn, author.
Contributor:
Samuel Bellet Book Fund.
Cambridge University Press.
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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