Bioscience and the good life / Iain Brassington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brassington, Iain, author.

Series:

Science, ethics & society.

Science Ethics and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences--Social aspects.

Life sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations; digital, HTML file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The field of biotechnology has provided us with radical revisions and reappraisals of the nature and possibilities of our biological existence. Yet beyond its immediate utility, does a life that is healthier, longer, or freer from disease make us ''better'' or more moral people? Bioscience and the Good Life explores the complex relationship between modern biosciences and human flourishing, their sympathies and schisms, and the instances of their reconciliation.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. The good of bioscience

Chapter 2. Bad arguments against better lives

Chapter 3. Must we make better people?

Chapter 4. Sex, death and cabbages : a defence of mortality

Chapter 5. Designs for life

Chapter 6. Thinking better about better thinking

Chapter 7. Good is as good does? The case of ‘moral enhancement’

Chapter 8. Bioscience and the duty to research, part 1 : ways to make life better

Chapter 9. Bioscience and the duty to research, part 2 : non-beneficent arguments

Chapter 10. Bioscience and the good life

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

ISBN:

9781472544315

1472544315

9781780930930

1780930933

OCLC:

880836316