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Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life
Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life
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The ethics of creating -- or declining to create -- human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on self-creation; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Here, for
the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues -- a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad
array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy.
With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and
parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the nonidentity problem. The results include a subjective account of
human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.
Author: David DeGrazia
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/01/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780190232443
the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues -- a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad
array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy.
With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and
parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the nonidentity problem. The results include a subjective account of
human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.
Author: David DeGrazia
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/01/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780190232443
About the Author
David DeGrazia has served on the faculty of the George Washington University since 1989. Over the course of his career, he has been a dedicated teacher, a prolific scholar with publications in a wide range of topics in philosophy and bioethics, and Department Chair for one term. He lives with his wife and daughter in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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