 Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2390-7
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216 pages
December 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's characteristics.
* Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past.
* Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view.
* Considers real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to have.
* Uses 'moral images' as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmas.
* Provides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of genetics.
* Creates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies.
* Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan 'Brave New World' or a return to the fascist eugenics of the past.
* Written from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of view.
* Considers real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to have.
* Uses 'moral images' as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmas.
* Provides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of genetics.
* Creates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies.
