Enhancing Evolution : the Ethical Case for Making Better People
In Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous. Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thing--good morally, good for individuals, good as social policy, and good for a genetic heritage that needs serious improvement. Enhancing Evolution defends biotechnological interventions that could allow us to live longer, healthier, and even happier lives by, for example, providing us with immunity from cancer and HIV
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9781400836383, 9780691148168, 9781283069557, 1400836387, 0691148163, 1283069555
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Cover; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Has Humankind a Future?; 2 Enhancement Is a Moral Duty; 3 What Enhancements Are and Why They Matter; 4 Immortality; 5 Reproductive Choice and the Democratic Presumption; 6 Disability and Super-Ability; 7 Perfection and the Blue Guitar; 8 Good and Bad Uses of Technology; 9 Designer Children; 10 The Irredeemable Paradox of the Embryo; 11 The Obligation to Pursue and Participate in Research; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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