From Chance to Choice: Genetics & Justice

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From Chance to Choice: Genetics & Justice

Book: Hardcover 24 - 04 - 2000

Product ID: 4440867

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Publisher : Brand: Cambridge University Press

ISBN-10 : 0521660017

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Product Description 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. From Library Journal There has been some reluctance in this country, based on the horrific consequences of past eugenics movements, to consider fully the societal impact of recent and future genetic investigations. The authors (professors of philosophy and medical ethics) attempt to develop a moral framework for the theoretical issues relating to genetic interventions. The book aptly illustrates the complexities of these concerns, exploring current ethical theories to determine if they can adequately address these tough issues. Equal opportunity, distributive justice, inclusion, and reproductive freedom are discussed in depth in an analysis of how these concepts relate to genetic technologies. While the authors freely admit that they do not have all the answers, they do conclude with some broad recommendations, particularly regarding the role of the state in genetic policymaking. Prior knowledge of philosophical theories will be helpful for readers of this scholarly work. Recommended for upper-level and graduate research collections. -Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From The New England Journal of Medicine Just when President Clinton has joined other world leaders to announce the completion of the first draft of the human genome, four philosophers have stepped forward to perform an "ethical autopsy" of eugenics, in which they explore the implications of eugenic theory for new genetic interventions. As its title suggests, From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice is a benchmark treatise. It is captivatingly succinct and complex, and its authors grasp the fundamental issues of justice, fairness, and equality that exist in eugenics, just beneath the glitzy research and "big science" used to map the human genome. As the authors note with remarkable harmony, the events surrounding the Human Genome Project provide outstanding reasons for rethinking modern moral and social philosophy. The authors, all professors of philosophy at distinguished universities, provide for the world a succinct and concise statement of the questions that will confront society as genetic techniques and interventions become commonplace in the years ahead. In their groundbreaking attempt to apply their collective wisdom to these issues, the authors engage in a critical analysis of eugenics, which they accurately characterize as the first attempt to use scientific knowledge about heredity to improve human lives. Although they criticize eugenics as shoddy science, rife with blatant class-based and racial bias, they also courageously describe the eugenic underpinnings of the relation between future genetic interventions and justice. Acknowledging, without e

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