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Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design by Glover, Jonathan
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Choosing Children
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780199238491
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199238499
ISBN-13
9780199238491
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63141909
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Choosing Children : Genes, Disability, and Design
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Ethics, Mind & Body, Pathophysiology, Genetics
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Medical
Series
Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
5.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Packed into Glover's little book is a lot of common sense....elegant summaries...fascinating themes'Madeline Bunting, Guardian Review, ''delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority....a a thoughtful and superbly written book''BBC Focus, 'Review from previous edition "This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosopical terms of the issue."'Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times, 'Review from previous edition 'This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosopical terms of the issue.''Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times'No matter what their level of interest or knowledge, there is a good chance that Glover's discussion of these issues will make readers rethink and re-evaluate some of their previously held beliefs. This is, perhaps, one of the most important contributions of Choosing Children.'Michalis Hadjimarcou, Science in School'delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority....a a thoughtful and superbly written book.'BBC Focus'Packed into Glover's little book is a lot of common sense....elegant summaries...fascinating themes.'Madeline Bunting, Guardian Review
Dewey Decimal
618.92/0042
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Disability and Genetic ChoiceDisability and Human FlourishingEugenics?2. Parental Choice and What We Owe to Our ChildrenThe Boundaries of Parental ChoiceTwo Dimensions of EthicsWhat do We Owe to Our Children? A Decent Chance of a Good LifeWhat do We Owe to Our Children? Respect for Identity and Autonomy3. Human Values and Genetic DesignThe Genetic Supermarket, Inequality, and EntrapmentShould We Defend a Central Core of Human Nature?The Further Future
Synopsis
Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem., Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? There is no ethical question more urgent than this: we may be at a turning-point in the history of humanity. The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover shows us how we might try to answer this question, and other provoking and disturbing questions to which it leads. Surely parents owe it to their children to give them the best life they can? Increasingly we are able to reduce the number of babies born with disabilities and disorders. But there is a powerful new challenge to conventional thinking about the desirability of doing so: this comes from the voices of those who have these conditions. They call into question the very definition of disability. How do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? In 2002 a deaf couple used sperm donated by a friend with hereditary deafness to have a deaf baby: they took the view that deafness is not a disability, but a difference. Starting with the issues raised by this case, Jonathan Glover examines the emotive idea of "eugenics", and the ethics of attempting to enhance people, for non-medical reasons, by means of genetic choices. Should parents be free, not only to have children free from disabilities, but to choose, for instance, the colour of their eyes or hair? This is no longer a distant prospect, but an existing power which we cannot wish away. What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole? Should we try to make general improvements to the genetic make-up of human beings? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere? This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, anyone who is concerned about our human future. Glover handles these uncomfortable questions in a controversial but always humane and sympathetic manner., Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? There is no ethical question more urgent than this: we may be at a turning-point in the history of humanity. The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover shows us how we might try to answer this question, and other provoking and disturbing questions to which it leads. Surely parents owe it to their children to give them the best life they can? Increasingly we are able to reduce the number of babies born with disabilities and disorders. But there is a powerful new challenge to conventional thinking about the desirability of doing so: this comes from the voices of those who have these conditions. They call into question the very definition of disability. How do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? In 2002 a deaf couple used sperm donated by a friend with hereditary deafness to have a deaf baby: they took the view that deafness is not a disability, but a difference. Starting with the issues raised by this case, Jonathan Glover examines the emotive idea of 'eugenics', and the ethics of attempting to enhance people, for non-medical reasons, by means of genetic choices. Should parents be free, not only to have children free from disabilities, but to choose, for instance, the colour of their eyes or hair? This is no longer a distant prospect, but an existing power which we cannot wish away. What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole? Should we try to make general improvements to the genetic make-up of human beings? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere? This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, anyone who is concerned about our human future. Glover handles these uncomfortable questions in a controversial but always humane and sympathetic manner., Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? There is no ethical question more urgent than this: we may be at a turning-point in the history of humanity. The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover shows us how we might try to answer this question, and other provoking and disturbing questions to which it leads. Surely parents owe it to their children to give them the best life they can? Increasingly we are able to reduce the number of babies born with disabilities and disorders. But there is a powerful new challenge to conventional thinking about the desirability of doing so: this comes from the voices of those who have these conditions. They call into question the very definition of disability. How do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? In 2002 a deaf couple used sperm donated by a friend with hereditary deafness to have a deaf baby: they took the view that deafness is not a disability, but a difference. Starting with the issues raised by this case, Jonathan Glover examines the emotive idea of "eugenics," and the ethics of attempting to enhance people, for non-medical reasons, by means of genetic choices. Should parents be free, not only to have children free from disabilities, but to choose, for instance, the colour of their eyes or hair? This is no longer a distant prospect, but an existing power which we cannot wish away. What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole? Should we try to make general improvements to the genetic make-up of human beings? Is there a central core of human nature with which we must not interfere? This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who cares about the rights and wrongs of parents' choices for their children, anyone who is concerned about our human future. Glover handles these uncomfortable questions in a controversial but always humane and sympathetic manner.
LC Classification Number
RJ47.3.G556 2008
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