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Genes And Future People Philosophical Issues In Human Genetics

Glannon Walter
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780367315948
Publisert
2019-08-28
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
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Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228

Forfatter
Glannon Walter

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Walter Glannon received a BA from Duke University, a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University. He has been a Killam Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, a Fellow at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association, and a Fellow at the MacLean centre for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago. He is Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Clinical Ethicist at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.

Genes And Future People Philosophical Issues In Human Genetics

Glannon Walter
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
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Advances in genetic technology in general and medical genetics in particular will enable us to intervene in the process of human biological development which extends from zygotes and embryos to people. This will allow us to control to a great extent the identities and the length and quality of the lives of people who already exist, as well as those
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This book aims to move philosophers, bioethicists, and readers in general to reflect on the extent to which genes determine our identities as persons, the quality of our lives, our moral obligations to future generations of people and whether we are healthy or diseased.
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Introduction -- 1 The Reach of Genes: Biology, Metaphysics, Morality -- 2 Genetic Information, Obligation, and the Prevention of Lives -- 3 Gene Therapy and Genetic Enhancement -- 4 The Morality of Human Cloning -- 5 Extending the Human Life Span
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Advances in genetic technology in general and medical genetics in particular will enable us to intervene in the process of human biological development which extends from zygotes and embryos to people. This will allow us to control to a great extent the identities and the length and quality of the lives of people who already exist, as well as those
Les mer
This book aims to move philosophers, bioethicists, and readers in general to reflect on the extent to which genes determine our identities as persons, the quality of our lives, our moral obligations to future generations of people and whether we are healthy or diseased.
Les mer
Introduction -- 1 The Reach of Genes: Biology, Metaphysics, Morality -- 2 Genetic Information, Obligation, and the Prevention of Lives -- 3 Gene Therapy and Genetic Enhancement -- 4 The Morality of Human Cloning -- 5 Extending the Human Life Span
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780367315948
Publisert
2019-08-28
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228

Forfatter
Glannon Walter

Biografisk notat

Walter Glannon received a BA from Duke University, a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University. He has been a Killam Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, a Fellow at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association, and a Fellow at the MacLean centre for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago. He is Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Clinical Ethicist at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.

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