The Ethics of the New Eugenics -

The Ethics of the New Eugenics

Buch | Softcover
242 Seiten
2016
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78533-202-9 (ISBN)
34,85 inkl. MwSt
Inter-disciplinary in approach. Blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. Constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments. Includes a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today’s reproductive developments, including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.

Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s University College, London, UK.

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Text

Abbreviations and Acronyms



Introduction



Chapter 1. The History of Eugenics

Chapter 2. General Introduction to Eugenic Procedures

Chapter 3. General Ethical Discussion

Chapter 4. Arguments Supporting the New Eugenics

Chapter 5. Arguments Opposing the New Eugenics



Conclusion



Appendix I: Past and Present Personalities Supporting Eugenic Policies

Appendix II: Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on Eugenics



Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 331 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Humangenetik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-78533-202-3 / 1785332023
ISBN-13 978-1-78533-202-9 / 9781785332029
Zustand Neuware
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