Human Genetic Selection and Enhancement: Parental Perspectives and Law Contributor(s): Tibaldeo, Roberto Franzini (Other), Baum, Ewa (Other), Soniewicka, Marta (Author) |
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ISBN: 363174451X ISBN-13: 9783631744512 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $63.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Law | Civil Law - Law | Civil Rights |
Dewey: 174.2 |
LCCN: 2018040556 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.19 lbs) 296 pages |
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Publisher Description: Among all human practices, procreation seems the most paradoxical. It starts as a fully personal choice and ends with the creation of a new subject of rights and responsibilities. Advances in reproductive genetics pose new ethical and legal questions. They are expected to prevent the transmission of genetic diseases to progeny and also to improve genetically-endowed mental and physical attributes. Genetic selection and enhancement may affect a child's identity, as well as the parent-child relationship. The authors are committed to a pluralistic approach that captures all aspects of this relationship in terms of moral virtues and principles. They elucidate that most of the conflicts between parental preferences and a child's rights could be resolved with reference to the meaning and nature of procreation. |