Designer Biology The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

Name: Designer Biology The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
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ISBN: 9780739178218

ISBN-10: 0739178210

ISBN-13: 9780739178218

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ronald L. Sandler, John Basl, Immaculada de Melo Martin, Valentina Urbanek, David A. Frank

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List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publication date: 7/18/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.24" wide x 9.29" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Ronald Sandler is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Engineering Humans



Sex Selection and the Value-Ladenness of the Procreative Liberty Framework




The Ethics of Embryo Selection




Assessing Efficacy of "Neuroenhancing" Drugs: Normative Problems in Empirical Controversies




Engineering for Virtue? Toward Holistic Moral Enhancement




Radical Human Enhancement, and What's Wrong with It




Human Engineering and Climate Change




Engineering the Environment



The Human Influence: Moral Responsibility for Novel Ecosystems




Why Scientists Should Get Out of Nature Conservation




What It Takes to Justify Geoengineering the Climate




Remediation vs. Steering: An Act-Description Approach to Approving and Funding Geoengineering Research




Engineering Life



Sensitivity Enhancement: The Ethics of Testing Cognitive Enhancements on Non-Human Research Subjects




The Capacities, Interests, and Organization of Artifactual Organisms




How to Evolve a Good of Your Own: The Biological Interests of Instant Organisms



Conclusion: Lessons for the Future



Index


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