Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control

✍ Scribed by Ruth Chadwick

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 229
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this revised edition of Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control, leading scientists explore the nature and the goals of ``test tube'' reproduction and genetic engineering and their eugenic implications. This edition contains a new preface, and makes a significant contribution to the fields of applied philosophy and ethics. In contrast to the Warnock report, this extended commentary considers issues in the context of a social ethic rather than the individualist viewpoint. The volume provides a forum for debate between science and society. The essays draw out the legal and ethical problems raised by new developments in genetic engineering. The ethical dilemmas are discussed not only from the perspective of secular moral philosophy but also from a theological point of view.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Preface to the Revised Edition......Page 14
1. Having Children: Introduction......Page 32
2. Test Tube Babies are Babies......Page 73
3. Marriage and the Family......Page 82
4. IVF and the Law......Page 92
5. In Vitro Fertilisation and the Warnock Report......Page 100
6. The Perfect Baby: Introduction......Page 122
7. The Prospect of Designed Genetic Change......Page 165
8. Human Gene Therapy: Scientific and Ethical......Page 176
9. Eugenics on the Rise: A Report from Singapore......Page 193
10. Should One be Free to Choose the Sex of One's Child?......Page 201
Glossary......Page 212
Select Bibliography......Page 215
Index......Page 223