Humanity enhanced : genetic choice and the challenge for liberal democracies /

Humanity enhanced : genetic choice and the challenge for liberal democracies /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Blackford, Russell, 1954- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Description:	231 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Basic bioethics Basic bioethics.
Subject:	Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects. Genomics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Rational choice theory -- Political aspects. Human beings -- Psychology. Genetic Engineering -- ethics. Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human beings -- Psychology. Rational choice theory -- Political aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9904605

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ISBN:	9780262026611 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262026619 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Motivation and Overview
2. Human Enhancement and the Harm Principle
3. Genetic Engineering: What's the Harm?
4. A Threat to Autonomy?
5. Violating the "Natural Order"
6. Indirect and Intangible Harms
7. Fairness, Equality, and Distributive Justice
8. Policy Implications
Appendix: The Therapy/Enhancement Boundary
Notes
References
Index