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Liberal EugenicsNicholas Agar

Liberal Eugenics

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"In this book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defuses anxieties and defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children's genetic characteristics." "Agar describes three technologies that may soon make liberal eugenics a practical possibility - cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, genomics, and genetic engineering - and argues that parents can use these technologies to realize their procreative goals without harming the people they will bring into existence. He rejects the idea that eugenics need divide society into genetic haves and have-nots, and denies that social…

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7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    Blackwell Publishing Limited · 216 pages · 9781405123907
  • Hardcover · English · 2004
    Blackwell Publishing Limited · 216 pages · 9781405123891
  • Other · English · 2014
    Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · 9781444326703
  • Other · English · 2010
    Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · 9781444326239
  • Other · English · 2008
    Wiley & Sons, Limited, John · 216 pages · 9780470775004
  • Other · English · 2008
    Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John · 216 pages · 9780470760680
Science_and_TechnologyEugenicsGenetic EnhancementEthics