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UNINA9910459602403321 |
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Warnock Mary |
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Making babies : is there a right to have children? / / Mary Warnock |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (128 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Reproductive technology - Moral and ethical aspects |
Human reproductive technology - Moral and ethical aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content; Introduction; Techniques of Assisted Reproduction; Who Pays?; The Right that no Stone Should be Left Unturned; What Constitutes a Right?; Do People need to have Children?; Can there be a Right to do What is Morally Wrong?; The Moral Status of the Human Embryo; Back to Infertility; May Doctors Refuse Treatment?; The Slippery Slope; Interim Conclusion; Are those Who are not Infertile Entitled to Assisted Conception?; Openness; Why do Homosexuals want Children?; The Natural and the Unnatural; The Search for Security |
Is Fear a Proper Basis for Moral Judgement?Conclusions so Far; Are all Methods of Fertility Treatment Legitimate?; Cloning: 1997-2001; Would the Cloning of Humans be Intrinsically Wrong?; A Rights-Based Morality; Index |
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The development of new reproductive technologies has raised urgent questions and debates about how and by whom these treatments should be controlled.On the one hand individuals and groups have claimed access to assisted reproduction as a right, and some have also claimed that this access should be available free of charge. As well as clinically infertile heterosexual couples, this right has been claimed by single women, gay couples, post-menopausal women, and couples who wish to delay having children for various reasons. Others have argued that a desire to have children does not make it a huma |
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