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UNINA9910779887403321 |
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Titolo |
Designer biology [[electronic resource]] : the ethics of intensively engineering biological and ecological systems / / edited by John Basl and Ronald L. Sandler |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-7391-7821-0 |
0-7391-7822-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bioethics |
Bioengineering - Moral and ethical aspects |
Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects |
Environmental engineering - Moral and ethical aspects |
Biotic communities - Effect of human beings on - Moral and ethical aspects |
Geotechnical engineering - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Engineering Humans; Chapter One: Sex Selection and the Value-Ladenness of the Procreative Liberty Framework; Chapter Two: The Ethics of Embryo Selection; Chapter Three: Assessing Efficacy of "Neuroenhancing" Drugs; Chapter Four: Engineering for Virtue? Toward Holistic Moral Enhancement; Chapter Five: Radical Human Enhancement, and What's Wrong with It; Chapter Six: Human Engineering and Climate Change; II: Engineering the Environment; Chapter Seven: The Human Influence; Chapter Eight: Why Scientists Should Get Out of Nature Conservation |
Chapter Nine: What It Takes to Justify Geoengineering the ClimateChapter Ten: Remediation vs. Steering; III: Engineering Life; Chapter Eleven: Sensitivity Enhancement; Chapter Twelve: The Capacities, Interests, and Organization of Artifactual Organisms; |
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