Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics) - Hardcover

Glover, Jonathan

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9780199290925: Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)

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ISBN 10: 019929092X ISBN 13: 9780199290925

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

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Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem.

Surely parents owe it to their children to keep them free from disabilities? But there is a powerful new challenge from people who have these conditions: how do we justify trying to avoid bringing people like them into being? Jonathan Glover also examines the emotive idea of "eugenics," and the ethics of attempting to enhance people genetically for non-medical reasons. Should parents be free to choose, for instance, the color of their children's eyes or hair? What impact will such interventions have, both on the individuals concerned and on society as a whole?
This beautifully clear book is written for anyone who is concerned about our human future.

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About the Author:

Jonathan Glover is at King's College London.

Review:

concise and engaging book...Glover's characteristically lucid reasoning and his use of powerful examples to cut through tangled and ideological debates shine through brightly here... Lively and very readable. Justin Oakley, Mind This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosophical terms of the issue. Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority... a thoughtful and superbly written book BBC Focus Packed into Glover's little book is a lot of common sense...elegant summaries...fascinating themes. Madeline Bunting, Guardian Review This short book...should have wide appeal...Professor Glover writes in his engaging, highly accessible style..[giving] an uncommonly lucid and compelling presentation of views. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 10

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