Genethics Moral Issues in the Creation of People.

Unprecedented advances in medicine, genetic engineering, and demographic forecasting raise new questions that strain the categories and assumptions of traditional ethical theories. Heyd's approach resolves many paradoxes in intergenerational justice, while offering a major test case for the pro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heyd, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Human reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Creation.
Bioethics.
Reproductive technology.
Ethics, Medical
Reproductive Techniques
Éthique médicale.
Procréation médicalement assistée > Aspect moral.
Création.
Reproduction > Innovations.
creation (doctrinal concept)
Bioethics
Creation
Human reproductive technology > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Reproductive technology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Playing God
  • PART ONE. Paradoxes
  • CHAPTER 1. Wrongful Life: A Pure Genesis Problem
  • CHAPTER 2. The Failure of Traditional Ethical Theories
  • CHAPTER 3. The Meta-ethical Deadlock
  • PART TWO. Generocentrism
  • CHAPTER 4. Existence
  • CHAPTER 5. Numbers
  • CHAPTER 6. Identity
  • PART THREE. Genethics and the Limits of Ethics
  • CHAPTER 7. Empirical Constraints
  • CHAPTER 8. Self-Transcendence and Vicarious Immortality
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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