1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716484203321

Titolo

Records of judgments against the government under the Navy and Treasury Departments. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury ... January 3, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages)

Collana

House document / 69th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 619

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8734]

Altri autori (Persone)

CoolidgeCalvin <1872-1933.>

Soggetti

Malicious mischief

Vandalism

Judgments

Actions and defenses

Collisions at sea

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

FDLP item number not assigned.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911104785903321

Autore

Glover Jonathan

Titolo

Choosing children : genes, disability, and design / / Jonathan Glover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-87015-X

9786610870158

0-19-153748-9

1-4294-8711-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 pages)

Collana

Uehiro series in practical ethics

Disciplina

618.92/0042

Soggetti

Human reproductive technology - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic disorders in children

Abnormalities, Human - Genetic aspects

Medical ethics

Genetic counseling

Reproductive Techniques - ethics

Genetic Engineering - ethics

Preimplantation Diagnosis - ethics

Genetic Counseling

Ethics, Medical

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