The Ethics of Genetic Engineering - Rilegato

Libro 13 di 31: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

Berry, Roberta M.

 
9780415769945: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering
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ISBN 10: 0415769949 ISBN 13: 9780415769945
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Sinossi

Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technological developments that have brought us to this pass, The Ethics of Genetic Engineering focuses on the ethical and policy debate, noting the deep divide that separates proponents and opponents. The book locates the source of this divide in differing framing assumptions: reductionist pluralist on one side, holist communitarian on the other. The book argues that we must bridge this divide, drawing on the resources from both encampments, if we are to understand and cope with the distinctive problems posed by genetic engineering. These problems, termed "fractious problems," are novel, complex, ethically fraught, unavoidably of public concern, and unavoidably divisive. Berry examines three prominent ethical and political theories – utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics – to consider their competency in bridging the divide and addressing these fractious problems.

The book concludes that virtue ethics can best guide parental decision making and that a new policymaking approach sketched here, a "navigational approach," can best guide policymaking. These approaches enable us to gain a rich understanding of the problems posed and to craft resolutions adequate to their challenges.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Law, Science and Technology Program at Georgia Institute of Techology, USA.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415769949
ISBN 13 
9780415769945
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
226
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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Hamburg
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9780415887915: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0415887917 ISBN 13:  9780415887915
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010
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