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Record Nr.

UNINA9910617319103321

Autore

Anomaly Jonathan

Titolo

Creating future people : the ethics of genetic enhancement / / Jonathan Anomaly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2020

New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-00-301480-1

1-000-76978-X

1-003-01480-1

1-000-76976-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 pages)

Disciplina

174.957

Soggetti

Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering - ethics

Organisms, Genetically Modified

Genome, Human

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Creating Future People offers readers a fast-paced primer on how new genetic technologies will enable parents to influence the traits of their children, including their intelligence, moral capacities, physical appearances, and immune systems. It deftly explains the science of gene editing and embryo selection, and raises the central moral questions with colorful language and a brisk style. Jonathan Anomaly takes seriously the diversity of preferences parents have, and the limits policymakers face in regulating what could soon be a global market for reproductive technology. He argues that once embryo selection for complex traits happens it will change the moral landscape by altering the incentives available to parents. All of us will take an interest in the traits everyone else selects, and this will present coordination problems



that previous writers on genetic enhancement have failed to consider. Anomaly navigates difficult ethical issues with vivid language and scientifically-informed speculation about how genetic engineering will transform humanity. Key Features: Offers clear explanations of scientific concepts Explores important moral questions without academic jargon Brings discoveries from different fields together to give us a sense of where humanity is headed"--