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200 10$aLiberal eugenics$b[electronic resource] $ein defence of human enhancement /$fNicholas Agar
210   $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005
215   $a1 online resource (218 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-4051-2390-7 
311   $a1-4051-2389-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aGenius 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?
330   $aIn 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 
606   $aEugenics
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615  0$aEugenics.
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