Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People

by John Harris

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Decisive 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691128448

ISBN13:9780691128443

Release Date:September 2007

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:242 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Administration & Policy Biological Sciences Biology & Life Sciences Biotechnology Ethics Ethics & Morality Evolution Genetics History & Philosophy Medical Ethics Medicine Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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