Détails du livre
Format
livre numérique
Pages
205
Langue
Anglais
Publié
Jan 10, 2010
Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-10
1281319325
ISBN-13
9781281319326
Description
In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children s characteristics.
Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan Brave New World or a return to the fascist eugenics of the pastWritten from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of viewConsiders real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to haveUses moral images as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmasProvides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of geneticsCreates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies"
Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan Brave New World or a return to the fascist eugenics of the pastWritten from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of viewConsiders real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to haveUses moral images as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmasProvides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of geneticsCreates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies"
Genres
Enfants
Science & Technologie
Philosophie
Contemporain