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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778124803321

Autore

Glover Jonathan

Titolo

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

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