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Wonderwoman and Superman John Harris

Wonderwoman and Superman By John Harris

Wonderwoman and Superman by John Harris


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Summary

This study of the issues raised by human biotechnology investigates how scientists and clinicians should balance the possible with the permissible. Topics discussed include scanning and discriminating, commercial exploitation and research on embryos.

Wonderwoman and Superman Summary

Wonderwoman and Superman: Ethics of Human Biotechnology by John Harris

Should we engineer genetic changes in human beings? Ought we to use the human organism as a cell or organ bank to provide spare parts? Is it wrong to buy or sell human tissue? Should we experiment on human embryos or children? We are on the brink of a revolution with far-reaching implications. The revolution in molecular biology is expected to give us the ability to divert and control human evolution to an unprecedented extent. It will enable us to manufacture new life forms to order, and to make radical changes to human beings and human nature itself. In Wonderwoman and Superman John Harris argues that the decision before us now is not whether to use this power but how and to what extent. To try to ignore or reject advances in human biotechnology would be futile and might lead to an immense amount of avoidable suffering. There is no safe path, however, and more positive interventions may also lead to considerable harm. What we must do is learn to choose responsibly, and this book is about the ethics of the choices that confront us.

Table of Contents

The art of the possible; Research on embryos; Origins and terminuses; The wrong of wrongful life; Human resources; Commercial exploitation; Wonderwoman and superman; Changing the world; The new breed; Screening and discriminating; Record-breaking.

Additional information

GOR003640439
9780192177544
0192177540
Wonderwoman and Superman: Ethics of Human Biotechnology by John Harris
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
19920312
280
N/A
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