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The ethics of the new eugenics / edited by Calum MacKellar and Christopher Bechtel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014Description: 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782381211
  • 178238121X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethics of the new eugenics.DDC classification:
  • 176
LOC classification:
  • HQ755.3 .E84 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The History of Eugenics -- General Introduction to Eugenic Procedures -- General Ethical Discussion -- Arguments Supporting the New Eugenics -- Arguments Opposing the New Eugenics Conclusion Appendix I. Past and Present Personalities Supporting Eugenic Policies -- Appendix II. Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on Eugenics -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments, including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
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Introduction -- The History of Eugenics -- General Introduction to Eugenic Procedures -- General Ethical Discussion -- Arguments Supporting the New Eugenics -- Arguments Opposing the New Eugenics Conclusion Appendix I. Past and Present Personalities Supporting Eugenic Policies -- Appendix II. Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on Eugenics -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments, including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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