This book consists of thirteen chapters that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.
This book consists of thirteen chapters that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edited by Ronald L. Sandler and John Basl - Contributions by Immaculada de Melo Martin; Valentina Urbanek; David A. Frank; William Kabasenche; Nicholas Agar; S. Matthew Liao; Anders Sandberg; Rebecca Roache; Allen Thompson; Stephen Jackson; Donald S. Maie
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Contributor Biographies Introduction I. Engineering Humans Chapter 1: Sex Selection and the Value-Ladenness of the Procreative Liberty Framework Chapter 2: The Ethics of Embryo Selection Chapter 3: Assessing Efficacy of "Neuroenhancing" Drugs: Normative Problems in Empirical Controversies Chapter 4: Engineering for Virtue? Toward Holistic Moral Enhancement Chapter 5: Radical Enhancement and What' Wrong with It Chapter 6: Human Engineering and Climate Change II. Engineering the Environment Chapter 7: The Human Influence: Moral Responsibility for Novel Ecosystems Chapter 8: Why Scientists Should Get Out of Nature Conservation Chapter 9: What it Takes to Justify Geoengineering the Climate Chapter 10: Remediation vs. Steering: An Act-Description Approach to Approving and Funding Geoengineering Research III. Engineering Life Chapter 11: Sensitivity Enhancement: The Ethics of Testing Cognitive Enhancement on Non-Human Research Subjects Chapter 12: The Capacities, Interests, and Organization of Artifactual Organisms Chapter 13: How to Evolve a Good of Your Own: The Biological Interests of Instant Organisms Conclusion: Lessons for the Future
Acknowledgments Contributor Biographies Introduction I. Engineering Humans Chapter 1: Sex Selection and the Value-Ladenness of the Procreative Liberty Framework Chapter 2: The Ethics of Embryo Selection Chapter 3: Assessing Efficacy of "Neuroenhancing" Drugs: Normative Problems in Empirical Controversies Chapter 4: Engineering for Virtue? Toward Holistic Moral Enhancement Chapter 5: Radical Enhancement and What' Wrong with It Chapter 6: Human Engineering and Climate Change II. Engineering the Environment Chapter 7: The Human Influence: Moral Responsibility for Novel Ecosystems Chapter 8: Why Scientists Should Get Out of Nature Conservation Chapter 9: What it Takes to Justify Geoengineering the Climate Chapter 10: Remediation vs. Steering: An Act-Description Approach to Approving and Funding Geoengineering Research III. Engineering Life Chapter 11: Sensitivity Enhancement: The Ethics of Testing Cognitive Enhancement on Non-Human Research Subjects Chapter 12: The Capacities, Interests, and Organization of Artifactual Organisms Chapter 13: How to Evolve a Good of Your Own: The Biological Interests of Instant Organisms Conclusion: Lessons for the Future
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