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- catalog abstract "Should we engineer changes in human beings? Ought we to use the human organism as a cell or organ bank to provide 'spare parts'? Is it wrong to buy or sell human tissue? Should we experiment on human embryos or children? We are on the brink of a revolution with far reaching implications. The revolution in molecular biology will give us the ability to divert and control human evolution to an unprecedented extent. It will enable us to manufacture new life forms to order, and to make radical changes to human beings and human nature itself. In Wonderwoman and Superman John Harris argues that the decision before us now is not whether to use this power but how and to what extent. To try to ignore or reject the advances in human biotechnology would be futile, and might lead to an immense amount of avoidable suffering. There is no safe path, however, and more positive interventions may also lead to considerable harm. What we must do is learn to choose responsibly, and this important book is about the ethics of the choices that confront us.".
- catalog contributor b3283561.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-266) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The art of the possible -- Research on embryos -- Origins and terminuses -- The wrong of wrongful life -- Human resources -- Commercial exploitation -- Wonderwoman and Superman -- Changing the world -- The new breed -- Screening and discriminating -- Record breaking.".
- catalog description "Should we engineer changes in human beings? Ought we to use the human organism as a cell or organ bank to provide 'spare parts'? Is it wrong to buy or sell human tissue? Should we experiment on human embryos or children? We are on the brink of a revolution with far reaching implications. The revolution in molecular biology will give us the ability to divert and control human evolution to an unprecedented extent. It will enable us to manufacture new life forms to order, and to make radical changes to human beings and human nature itself. In Wonderwoman and Superman John Harris argues that the decision before us now is not whether to use this power but how and to what extent. To try to ignore or reject the advances in human biotechnology would be futile, and might lead to an immense amount of avoidable suffering. There is no safe path, however, and more positive interventions may also lead to considerable harm. What we must do is learn to choose responsibly, and this important book is about the ethics of the choices that confront us.".
- catalog extent "viii, 271 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Wonderwoman and Superman.".
- catalog identifier "0192177540 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wonderwoman and Superman.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in bioethics".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Wonderwoman and Superman.".
- catalog subject "176 20".
- catalog subject "Bioethics.".
- catalog subject "Genetic Engineering.".
- catalog subject "Genetic engineering Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Human reproductive technology Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "RG133.5 .H38 1992".
- catalog subject "Reproductive Techniques.".
- catalog subject "W 50 H314w 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The art of the possible -- Research on embryos -- Origins and terminuses -- The wrong of wrongful life -- Human resources -- Commercial exploitation -- Wonderwoman and Superman -- Changing the world -- The new breed -- Screening and discriminating -- Record breaking.".
- catalog title "Wonderwoman and Superman : the ethics of human biotechnology / John Harris.".
- catalog type "text".