03730nam 2200685 a 450 991077988740332120200520144314.00-7391-7821-00-7391-7822-9(CKB)2550000001096172(EBL)1246191(OCoLC)852159087(SSID)ssj0000915565(PQKBManifestationID)12412464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915565(PQKBWorkID)10868720(PQKB)11163533(MiAaPQ)EBC1246191(Au-PeEL)EBL1246191(CaPaEBR)ebr10728083(CaONFJC)MIL502750(EXLCZ)99255000000109617220130708d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesigner biology[electronic resource]the ethics of intensively engineering biological and ecological systems /edited by John Basl and Ronald L. SandlerLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20131 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8487-3 1-299-71499-4 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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 ConservationChapter 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; Chapter Thirteen: How to Evolve a Good of Your Own; Conclusion; Index; About the ContributorsDesigner Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection) that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.BioethicsBioengineeringMoral and ethical aspectsGenetic engineeringMoral and ethical aspectsEnvironmental engineeringMoral and ethical aspectsBiotic communitiesEffect of human beings onMoral and ethical aspectsGeotechnical engineeringMoral and ethical aspectsBioethics.BioengineeringMoral and ethical aspects.Genetic engineeringMoral and ethical aspects.Environmental engineeringMoral and ethical aspects.Biotic communitiesEffect of human beings onMoral and ethical aspects.Geotechnical engineeringMoral and ethical aspects.174.957Basl John1502075Sandler Ronald L888279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779887403321Designer biology3729587UNINA