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The Ethics of the New Eugenics
Calum Mackellar (Ed.)
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Description for The Ethics of the New Eugenics
Paperback. Inter-disciplinary in approach. Blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. Constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments. Includes a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics. Editor(s): MacKellar, Calum; Bechtel, Christopher. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so ... Read more
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332029
SKU
V9781785332029
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About Calum Mackellar (Ed.)
Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics at St Mary's University College, London, UK. Christopher Bechtel holds a degree in philosophy and is a Research Fellow with the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, UK.
Reviews for The Ethics of the New Eugenics
More than an ethical analysis of the technologies, this book should be seen, and used, more as an accurate glossary of terms, accompanied by a fairly rigorous overview of different technologies, with a sound scientific basis. Particularly valuable was the accompanying comparative overview of international regulations. Bioethical Inquiry Clearly written and highly informative about international ... Read more