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Author Pence, Gregory E, author

Title How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint / Gregory E. Pence.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield Pub., ©2012.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 200 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What if your virtual life surpasses your real life? -- Lessons from the history of bioethics -- Expanding the mind -- Building better female bodies -- Building better male bodies -- Is it moral to feel better than well? -- Ways to build a longer life -- Is it wrong to live to one hundred? -- A better life with personalized genetics -- Building better kids: choosing embryos -- Eugenic abortions? -- Building better kids during gestation -- Building better kids: vaccinations -- Building better emerging minds: Adderall and Ritalin -- How not to think about genetic enhancement -- Five psychosocial objections to enhancing genes -- Cloning, primordial cells, enhancement -- Conclusions and six practical proposals.
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Summary In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues if, we are careful and ethical, we can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine in safe ethical ways for human enhancement. He looks at the innovations and challenges that have occurred since the birth of bioethics almost 50 years ago and considers the ethical implications of the technological advances that are just around the corner.
Subject Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01014190
Biomedical Enhancement -- ethics.
Bioethical Issues.
Genetic Counseling -- ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pence, Gregory E. How to build a better human 9781442217621 (DLC) 2012017542 (OCoLC)778424446
ISBN 9781442217645 (electronic bk.)
1442217642 (electronic bk.)
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