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1 online resource (351 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Ethics in human procreation: An analysis of some dilemmas; 1 Introduction; 2 The scientific dilemma; 3 The societal dilemma: increasing individual options, pluralism, tolerance, and the lack of restrictive consensus; 4 'Human life' as a controversial social construct; 5 The politics of language; 6 Pluralism, tolerance, mutual respect-not clarified; References; Part One: Procreation and Parenthood |
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A moral right to procreation? Assisted procreation and persons at risk of hereditary genetic diseases1 A right to procreate?; 2 Rights in assisted procreation?; 3 Avoiding the birth of a genetically damaged child; 4 Having a genetically damaged child; 5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Comment on A moral right to procreation?; 1 A right to procreation?; 2 Giving birth to children with genetic disease?; References; The 'good enough' parent in the age of the new reproductive technologies; 1 Introduction; 2 'Good enough' parents; 3 Status and contract |
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4 Parental reproductive choice from a child's viewpoint5 Tentative conclusions; Notes; References; Comment: When are parents 'good enough '? Some ethical aspects of parenthood in the age of genetics and of new reproductive technologies; 1 Moral implications of parenthood; 2 Children's rights, parental ideals and social interests; 3 The ideology of enhancement and the logic of avoidance; 4 Liberal and communitarian points of view; 5 Guidelines for 'good enough' parents?; References; Part Two: Moral Protection of the Human Embryo and Fetus; The moral status of the human embryo and fetus |
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1 Gewirth's argument to the PGC2 Arguments for derivative status; 3 Arguments for intrinsic moral status I; 4 The argument for intrinsic moral status II: the embryo-fetus as a possible agent-proportionality and potentiality under precaution; 5 Interactions between intrinsic and derivative considerations; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Comment on The moral status of the human embryo and fetus; 1 Beyleveld's argument against Gewirth's Principle of Proportionality; 2 Beyleveld's argument against Steigleder's potentiality; 3 The problem with the Principle of Generic Consistency; Note |
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ReferencesComment on The moral status of the human embryo and fetus; 1 How is the human embryo and fetus apprehended?; 2 The use of the PGC (Principle of Generic Consistency) ; 3 The elimination of the 'pro-life' position and other considerations; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; Part Three: Autonomy and Recognition; Autonomy and Recognition; 1 Introductory considerations; 2 What are recognition-relationships? A tentative definition; 3 Perception as a factor in selective attention; 4 The conflict about the interpretation of perceptions; 5 Hegel's 'struggle for recognition'-a brief reprise |
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6 The dialectic of recognition-a procedure of exclusion? |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Beyleveld, Deryck
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| ISBN |
9781351770859 |
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1351770853 |
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