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Autore |
Glover Jonathan |
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Titolo |
Choosing children : genes, disability, and design / / Jonathan Glover |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-87015-X |
9786610870158 |
0-19-153748-9 |
1-4294-8711-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (120 pages) |
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Collana |
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Uehiro series in practical ethics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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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 (p. 105-110). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Disability and genetic choice -- Parental choice and what we owe to our children -- Human values and genetic design. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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