02343nam 22005414a 450 99621829070331620230617005754.01-281-31932-597866113193280-470-76068-00-470-77500-90-470-77757-5(CKB)1000000000403006(EBL)351248(OCoLC)437218531(SSID)ssj0000191746(PQKBManifestationID)11168214(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191746(PQKBWorkID)10184727(PQKB)10487345(MiAaPQ)EBC351248(EXLCZ)99100000000040300620040402d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiberal eugenics[electronic resource] in defence of human enhancement /Nicholas AgarMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20051 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-2390-7 1-4051-2389-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Genius sperm, eugenics, and enhancement technologies -- A pragmatic optimism about enhancement technologies -- Making moral images of biotechnology -- The moral image of therapy -- The moral image of nature -- The moral image of nurture -- Our postliberal future -- Enhanced humans when?In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's characteristics.Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the pastWritten from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of viewConsiders real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to haveUses 'moral images' as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmasProvides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the EugenicsEugenics.363.92Agar Nicholas615904MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996218290703316Liberal eugenics1081793UNISA