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Biologically modified justice /
Theories of distributive justice tend to focus on the issue of what constitutes a fair division of 'external' goods and opportunities; things like wealth and income, opportunities for education and basic liberties and rights. However, rapid advances in the biomedical sciences have ushered...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Epigraph; Table of contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 The genetic revolution; Part I The duty to aid in an ageing world; 2 Empirical ethics and Singer's principle of preventing bad occurrences; Introduction; The duty to aid: an operational level analysis; Probable harms; The probability of success; The benefits matter; Saving drowning children and drowning grandparents; 3 The duty to extend the biological warranty period; Introduction; Essential vs potential lifespan.
- The duty to aid viewed through the lens of biogerontologyTwo objections; Is age retardation a reasonable aspiration?; Conclusion; 4 Equality and the duty to retard human ageing; Introduction; Daniels on equality and just health care; Dworkin and equality of resources; Conclusion; 5 Framing the inborn ageing process and longevity science; Introduction; Tackling new questions; Moving beyond the evolutionary 'status quo'; Thinking rationally in the face of pervasive risk; Basic 'framing': risk and the availability heuristic; Evolution and proximate and ultimate causes.
- The valuation stage: losses versus gainsConclusion; Part II Genetic justice; 6 Science and justice; Introduction; The place of science within the 'basic structure' of society; The primacy of the individual and the availability heuristic; Closed impartiality; Primary goods; Conclusion; 7 Genetic justice and the limitations of formulating distributive 'ideals'; Introduction; The complexities of distributive justice; Genetic equality and a genetic decent minimum; The genetic difference principle; Conclusion; 8 Normative theorizing about genetics: a response to Loi; Introduction.
- Some preliminary pointsAre genes 'special'?; Response to Loi; Conclusion: genetic justice and the normative theorists' 'skill set'; Part III Patents, reproductive freedom, and patriarchy; 9 Gene patents and justice; Introduction; Patents and libertarianism; The Natural Rights Argument; Egalitarianism and gene patents; Prioritarianism; Applying the lax biological difference principle; The Prioritarian Efficiency Argument; 10 PGD and reproductive freedom; Introduction; Value pluralism and the scope of reproductive freedom; The Reasonable Genetic Intervention Model.
- Reasonable means: where the action really isConclusion; 11 Historical materialism and patriarchy; Introduction; Basic materialism, warfare, and the creation of the division of labour; Synchronic materialism and the base/superstructure metaphor; Revolutions and diachronic materialism; Patriarchy and the 'resource curse'; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.