Creating future people the ethics of genetic enhancement
"Creating Future People offers readers a fast-paced primer on how new genetic technologies will enable parents to influence the traits of their children, including their intelligence, moral capacities, physical appearances, and immune systems. It deftly explains the science of gene editing and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Taylor & Francis
2020
2020. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009866290306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Endorsement
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- A Word On Methodology
- The Game Plan
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Smart People / Cognitive Enhancement
- Intelligence: What It Is and Why It Matters
- Risks of Enhancing Intelligence
- From General Intelligence to Specific Cognitive Traits
- Trade-offs From the Standpoint of Each Parent
- Trade-offs From the Standpoint of All Parents
- Positional Goods and Social Benefits
- Moral Standing and Moral Status
- Notes
- 2 Good People / Moral Enhancement
- The Bright Side of Oxytocin
- The Dark Side of Oxytocin
- Pathological Altruism
- Does Moral Enhancement Undermine Freedom?
- Biocultural Moral Enhancement
- Notes
- 3 Pretty People / Aesthetic Enhancement
- Origins of Beauty
- From Cryptic Choice to Conscious Selection
- Lookism and Unjust Discrimination
- Inequalities and Arms Races
- Notes
- 4 Healthy People / Immuno-Enhancement
- Optimizing Immuno-Diversity
- Predicting the Future
- Directing the Future
- Notes
- 5 Synthetic People / Creating Life From Scratch
- Creating Future People
- Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities
- Demographic Worries
- Why Have Children?
- Should We Stay a Single Species?
- Notes
- Conclusion
- Appendix A The Ultimatum Game
- Appendix B The Prisoner's Dilemma
- Appendix C The Public Goods Game
- References
- Glossary
- Philosophy
- Biology
- Economics
- Strategies in a Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma Game
- Index.
