Stephen Wilkinson

Choosing Tomorrow's Children

The Ethics of Selective Reproduction

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Produktbeschreibung

To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children? Is there something morally wrong with choosing what their sex will be, or with trying to 'screen out' as much disease and disability as possible before birth? Stephen Wilkinson offers answers to such questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199273966
• ISBN-10: 0199273960
• Artikelnr.: 29504494

Autorenporträt

Stephen Wilkinson is Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Professional Ethics at Keele University.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: the Ethics of Selective Reproduction
2: Parental Duties and Virtues
3: Selecting for Disability and the Welfare of the Child
4: Choosing One for the Sake of Another
5: Treating Children as Commodities
6: Eugenics and the Expressivist Argument
7: Enhancement
8: Sex Selection