How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint / Gregory E. Pence.

  • Pence, Gregory E.
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[2012], ©2012
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Publication/Creation

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., [2012], ©2012.

Physical description

x, 200 pages ; 23 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

What if your virtual life surpasses your real life? -- Lessons from the history of bioethics -- Expanding the mind -- Building better female bodies -- Building better male bodies -- Is it moral to feel better than well? -- Ways to build a longer life -- Is it wrong to live to one hundred? -- A better life with personalized genetics -- Building better kids: choosing embryos -- Eugenic abortions? -- Building better kids during gestation -- Building better kids: vaccinations -- Building better emerging minds: Adderall and Ritalin -- How not to think about genetic enhancement -- Five psychosocial objections to enhancing genes -- Cloning, primordial cells, enhancement -- Conclusions and six practical proposals.

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    Medical Collection
    W82 2012P39h
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781442217621
  • 1442217626