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The Ethics of Genetic Engineering - Roberta M. Berry

The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Buch | Softcover
226 Seiten
2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-88791-5 (ISBN)
CHF 79,95 inkl. MwSt
This book examines the implications of each of the prominent normatic theories which have surfaced in relation to genetic engineering.
Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technological developments that have brought us to this pass, The Ethics of Genetic Engineering focuses on the ethical and policy debate, noting the deep divide that separates proponents and opponents. The book locates the source of this divide in differing framing assumptions: reductionist pluralist on one side, holist communitarian on the other. The book argues that we must bridge this divide, drawing on the resources from both encampments, if we are to understand and cope with the distinctive problems posed by genetic engineering. These problems, termed "fractious problems," are novel, complex, ethically fraught, unavoidably of public concern, and unavoidably divisive. Berry examines three prominent ethical and political theories – utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics – to consider their competency in bridging the divide and addressing these fractious problems.

The book concludes that virtue ethics can best guide parental decision making and that a new policymaking approach sketched here, a "navigational approach," can best guide policymaking. These approaches enable us to gain a rich understanding of the problems posed and to craft resolutions adequate to their challenges.

Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Law, Science and Technology Program at Georgia Institute of Techology, USA.

Preface

CHAPTER 1: GENETIC ENGINEERING: PAST AND PRESENT

AS PRELUDE TO THE FUTURE

CHAPTER 2: UTILITARIANISM AND ENGINEERING TO MAXIMIZE

WELFARE

CHAPTER 3: DEONTOLOGY: ENGINEERING AT THE EDGES OF

DISEASE, DISABILITY, DIFFERENCE, AND DEATH

CHAPTER 4: VIRTUE ETHICS AND ENGINEERING

FOR THE VIRTUES

CHAPTER 5: GENETIC ENGINEERING, FRACTIOUS PROBLEMS, AND

A NAVIGATIONAL APPROACH TO POLICYMAKING

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.11.2010
Reihe/Serie Routledge Annals of Bioethics
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 0-415-88791-7 / 0415887917
ISBN-13 978-0-415-88791-5 / 9780415887915
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