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Perfect Baby: A Pragmatic Approach to Genetics

Perfect Baby: A Pragmatic Approach to Genetics

McGee, Glenn

Paperback

PhilosophyBiologyGenetics

ISBN10: 0847683443
ISBN13: 9780847683444
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Dec 19 1996
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.97
Language: English

Humankind is currently witnessing an unprecedented revolution in the science of genetics but struggling with the moral dilemmas that these advances have created. With the Human Genome Project, gene therapy, and evidence that genes are directly linked to homosexuality, intelligence, and obesity, we see that genetic discoveries may have the power to change the course of human life. Critics condemn genetic technology as playing God, while optimists promise genetic cures for every disease, an enhanced human nature, or the emancipation of women through technology. Both camps agree that we need to develop a radically new ethics for this era.

The Perfect Baby is a clarion call for a more realistic discussion of biotechnology. McGee challenges the common assumption that we are essentially determined by a genetic blueprint. He denies the necessity of a new Genethics, arguing that the wisdom we need can be found in the everyday experience of parents. The Perfect Baby dramatically alters the terms of the moral debate for parents, policymakers, scientists, philosophers, theologians, and physicians.

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