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1 online resource (xv, 109 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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data file rda |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2020). |
| Biography |
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). |
| Access |
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL |
| Terms Of Use |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
| 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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Gene editing. (OCoLC)fst02000662
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Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00940039
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anomaly, Jonathan. Creating future people New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780367203108 (DLC) 2019048096 |
| ISBN |
9781000769777 mobi |
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1000769771 mobi |
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9781003014805 electronic book |
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1003014801 electronic book |
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9781000769760 adobe electronic book |
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1000769763 adobe electronic book |
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9781000769784 electronic publication |
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100076978X electronic publication |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003014805. doi |
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