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In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's characteristics.
- Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past
- Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view
- Considers real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to have
- Uses 'moral images' as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmas
- Provides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of genetics
- Creates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1 Genius Sperm, Eugenics and Enhancement Technologies
- 2 A Pragmatic Optimism about Enhancement Technologies
- 3 Making Moral Images of Biotechnology
- 4 The Moral Image of Therapy
- 5 The Moral Image of Nature
- 6 The Moral Image of Nurture
- 7 Our Postliberal Future?
- 8 Enhanced Humans When?
- Notes
- Further Reading
- References
- Index