UID:
almafu_9959234654102883
Format:
1 online resource (188 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4422-1763-4
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1-4422-1764-2
Content:
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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-1762-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-34899-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
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