How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint /

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In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues if, we are careful and ethical, we can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine in safe ethical ways for human enhancement. He looks at the innovations and challenges that have occurred since the birth of bioethics almost...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pence, Gregory E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., ©2012.
Temas:
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Bioethics.
Biomedical Enhancement > ethics
Bioethical Issues
Genetic Counseling > ethics
Bioethics
Médecine > Innovations > Aspect moral.
Bioéthique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What if your virtual life surpasses your real life?
  • Lessons from the history of bioethics
  • Expanding the mind
  • Building better female bodies
  • Building better male bodies
  • Is it moral to feel better than well?
  • Ways to build a longer life
  • Is it wrong to live to one hundred?
  • A better life with personalized genetics
  • Building better kids: choosing embryos
  • Eugenic abortions?
  • Building better kids during gestation
  • Building better kids: vaccinations
  • Building better emerging minds: Adderall and Ritalin
  • How not to think about genetic enhancement
  • Five psychosocial objections to enhancing genes
  • Cloning, primordial cells, enhancement
  • Conclusions and six practical proposals.

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