| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 109 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Summary |
"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 embryo selection, and raises the central moral questions with colorful language and a brisk style. Jonathan Anomaly takes seriously the diversity of preferences parents have, and the limits policymakers face in regulating what could soon be a global market for reproductive technology. He argues that once embryo selection for complex traits happens it will change the moral landscape by altering the incentives available to parents. All of us will take an interest in the traits everyone else selects, and this will present coordination problems that previous writers on genetic enhancement have failed to consider. Anomaly navigates difficult ethical issues with vivid language and scientifically-informed speculation about how genetic engineering will transform humanity. Key Features: Offers clear explanations of scientific concepts Explores important moral questions without academic jargon Brings discoveries from different fields together to give us a sense of where humanity is headed"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Philosophy;Ethics and moral philosophy;Genetics (non-medical) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jonathan Anomaly is Associate Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and a visiting scholar at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University. He is the co-editor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (2015) |
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English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2020) |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Gene editing.
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Genetic engineering.
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Transgenic organisms.
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Human genome.
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Genetic Engineering
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Genetic Engineering -- ethics
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Organisms, Genetically Modified
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Genome, Human
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Gene Editing
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PHILOSOPHY / General
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Transgenic organisms
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Human genome
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Genetic engineering
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Gene editing
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Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019048097 |
| ISBN |
9781000769777 |
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1000769771 |
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9781003014805 |
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1003014801 |
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1000769763 |
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9781000769784 |
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100076978X |
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9781000769760 |
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