Rationality and the genetic challenge : making people better? /
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Author / Creator: | Häyry, Matti, author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11833434 |
Summary: | Should we make people healthier, smarter, and longer-lived if genetic and medical advances enable us to do so? Matti Häyry asks this question in the context of genetic testing and selection, cloning and stem cell research, gene therapies and enhancements. The ethical questions explored include parental responsibility, the use of people as means, the role of hope and fear in risk assessment, and the dignity and meaning of life. Taking as a starting point the arguments presented by Jonathan Glover, John Harris, Ronald M. Green, Jürgen Habermas, Michael J. Sandel, and Leon R. Kass, who defend a particular normative view as the only rational or moral answer, Matti Häyry argues that many coherent rationalities and moralities exist in the field, and that to claim otherwise is mistaken. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781139194679 1139194674 9780511712500 0511712502 9780511714580 0511714580 9780521763363 0521763363 9780521757133 0521757134 |