Liberal eugenics [[electronic resource] ] : in defence of human enhancement / / Nicholas Agar
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| Autore: |
Agar Nicholas
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| Titolo: |
Liberal eugenics [[electronic resource] ] : in defence of human enhancement / / Nicholas Agar
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Eugenics |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Liberal eugenics |
| ISBN: | 1-281-31932-5 |
| 9786611319328 | |
| 0-470-76068-0 | |
| 0-470-77500-9 | |
| 0-470-77757-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996218290703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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