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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521689848

ISBN-139780521689847

eBay Product ID (ePID)66018708

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Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSorting Society : the Ethics of Genetic Screening and Therapy

Publication Year2008

SubjectEthics, Clinical Medicine, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics

TypeTextbook

AuthorJanna Thompson

Subject AreaScience, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-014091

eBook FormatUnspecified

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal362.196/04207

Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Introduction Janna Thompson and Loane Skene; 2. Genetic testing, an informed choice Agnes Bankier and David Cram; 3. Sex selection: sorting sperm as a gateway to the sorting society? Edgar Dahl; 4. Cloning to avoid genetic disease Lynn Gillam; 5. Procreative beneficence: reasons to not have disabled children Julian Savulescu; 6. Reprogenic technologies: balancing parental procreative autonomy and social equity and justice Leslie Cannold; 7. Genetic technology and intergenerational justice Janna Thompson; 8. Genetic preselection and the moral equality of individuals David Neil; 9. Genes, identity, and the 'expressivist critique' Rob Sparrow; 10.Overstating the biological: geneticism and essentialism in social cloning and social sex selection Mianna Lotz; 11. The sorting society - a legal perspective Loane Skene.

SynopsisThe 'sorting society' expresses what many people believe will be the outcome of advances in genetic technology: a society in which many characteristics of children are no longer the result of genetic chance but of deliberate selection. This book focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by this technology. Is the prospect of a sorting society something that we should welcome or deplore? Do concerns about how parents or societies might exercise the choice given to them by genetic technology give us reason to restrain its creation or use? Would a sorting society increase the freedom of parents and the well being of children, or would it undermine values that are central to a liberal democratic society? These are questions of the most profound significance, bearing on the world in which our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will live. This is a must-read for everyone interested in the forefront of genetics and bioethics., The 'sorting society' expresses what many people believe will be the outcome of advances in genetic technology: a society in which many characteristics of children are no longer the result of genetic chance but of deliberate selection. This book focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by this technology. Is the prospect of a sorting society something that we should welcome or deplore? Do concerns about how parents or societies might exercise the choice given to them by genetic technology give us reason to restrain its creation or use, and if so how? Would a sorting society increase the freedom of parents and the well being of children, or would it undermine values that are central to a liberal democratic society? These are questions of the most profound significance, bearing on the world in which our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will live., Focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by genetic testing and therapy. This book will be of interest to philosophers, political commentators, clinicians, lawyers, people with genetic conditions and their families - indeed to anyone concerned about one of the major issues of our time.

LC Classification NumberRB155.65.S67 2008