From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

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Cambridge University Press, 2000 - 398 頁
Written by four internationally renowned bioethicists, From Chance to Choice is the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to human beings. Probing the implications of the remarkable advances in genetics, the authors ask how should these affect our understanding of distributive justice, equality of opportunity, the rights and obligations as parents, the meaning of disability, and the role of the concept of human nature in ethical theory and practice. The book offers a historical context to contemporary debate over the use of these technologies by examining the eugenics movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition, appendices explain the nature of genetic causation, gene-environment interaction, and expose widespread misconceptions of genetic determinism, as well as outlining the nature of the ethical analysis used in the book. The questions raised in this book will be of interest to any reflective reader concerned about science and society and the rapid development of biotechnology, as well as to professionals in such areas as philosophy, bioethics, medical ethics, health management, law, and political science.
 

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The Need for Systematic Ethical Thinking
4
Two Models for Genetic Intervention II
11
CHAPTER
27
Common Themes of Eugenicists
40
The Social Dimension of Genetics
55
CHAPTER THREE
61
Concern of Justice
63
Morality
90
Use of Genetic Information to Prevent Harm
222
Conclusion
256
CHAPTER SEVEN
258
The Radical Disabilities Rights
264
The Social Construction of Disability and the Morality
284
Knowledge of Genetic Differences and the Morality
298
CHAPTER EIGHT
304
Securing Equality
315

CHAPTER FOUR
104
Distinction
118
Obligations
124
Positive Versus Negative Genetic Interventions and
152
What Is the Best and Who Decides?
161
Constraints on Permissions Allowed Parents
181
Conclusion
202
The Interests and Values That Determine
214
Citizenship and Inclusion
325
State Society Individual and Markets
333
Perfectionist Policies
345
Trait?
355
Trait?
367
APPENDIX
371
Index 395
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