The biology of ascidians / H. Sawada, H. Yokosawa, C. C. Lambert (eds)

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIASUN0081481
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : Springer, 2001
• ISBN: 44-317-0296-2
• Descrizione fisica: xxvii, 470 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
• Disciplina: 596.2
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Choosing children [[electronic resource] ] : genes, disability, and design / / Jonathan Glover

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778124803321
• Autore: Glover Jonathan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-87015-X; 9786610870158; 0-19-153748-9; 1-4294-8711-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Collana: Uehiro series in practical ethics
• Disciplina: 618.92/0042
• Soggetti: Genetic disorders in children; Abnormalities, Human - Genetic aspects; Medical ethics; Genetic counseling
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110).
• Nota di contenuto: Disability and genetic choice -- Parental choice and what we owe to our children -- Human values and genetic design.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Surely parents owe it to their children to keep them free from disabilities? But there is a powerful new challenge from people who have these conditions: how do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? Jonathan Glover also examines the emotive idea of 'eu