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000347788 1001_ $$aHarris, John,$$d1945-
000347788 24510 $$aEnhancing evolution :$$bthe ethical case for making better people /$$cJohn Harris.
000347788 260__ $$aPrinceton, NJ :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc2007.
000347788 300__ $$axxvi, 242 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000347788 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000347788 50500 $$tHas humankind a future? --$$tEnhancement is a moral duty --$$tWhat enhancements are and why they matter --$$tImmortality --$$tReproductive choice and the democratic presumption --$$tDisability and super-ability --$$tPerfection and the blue guitar --$$tGood and bad uses of technology --$$tDesigner children --$$gThe$$tirredeemable paradox of the embryo --$$gThe$$tobligation to pursue and participate in research.
000347788 5200_ $$aDecisive biotechnological interventions in the lottery of human life--to enhance our bodies and brains and perhaps irreversibly change our genetic makeup--have been widely rejected as unethical and undesirable, and have often met with extreme hostility. But in Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer babies, and cloning to make a forthright, sweeping, and rigorous ethical case for using biotechnology to improve human life. Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thing--good morally, good for individuals, good as social policy, and good for a genetic heritage that needs serious improvement. Enhancing Evolution defends biotechnological interventions that could allow us to live longer, healthier, and even happier lives by, for example, providing us with immunity from cancer and HIV/AIDS. But the book advocates far more than therapies designed to free us from sickness and disability. Harris champions the possibility of influencing the very course of evolution to give us increased mental and physical powers--from reasoning, concentration, and memory to strength, stamina, and reaction speed. Indeed, he supports enhancing ourselves in almost any way we desire. And it's not only morally defensible to enhance ourselves, Harris says. In some cases, it's morally obligatory. Whether one looks upon biotechnology with hope, fear, or a little of both, Enhancing Evolution makes a case for it that no one can ignore. ---Dust Cover.
000347788 650_0 $$aHuman reproductive technology$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
000347788 650_0 $$aGenetic engineering$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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