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200 00$aDesigner biology$b[electronic resource]$ethe ethics of intensively engineering biological and ecological systems /$fedited by John Basl and Ronald L. Sandler
210   $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2013
215   $a1 online resource (304 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $aContents; 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
327   $aChapter 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 Contributors
330   $aDesigner 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.
606   $aBioethics
606   $aBioengineering$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aGenetic engineering$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aEnvironmental engineering$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aBiotic communities$xEffect of human beings on$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aGeotechnical engineering$xMoral and ethical aspects
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