The Ethics of Inheritable Genetic Modification

A Dividing Line?

By: John E. J. Rasko (Editor), Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan (Editor), Rachel A. Ankeny (Editor)

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Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line in gene therapy?

The editors of this searching investigation, representing clinical medicine, public health and biomedical ethics, have established a distinguished team of scientists and scholars to address the issues from the perspectives of biological and social science, law and ethics, including an intriguing Foreword from Peter Singer.

Their purpose is to consider how society might deal with the ethical concerns raised by inheritable genetic modification, and to re-examine prevailing views about whether these procedures will ever be ethically and socially justifiable.

The book also provides background to define the field, and discusses the biological and technological potential for inheritable genetic modification, its limitations, and its connection with gene therapy, cloning, and other reproductive interventions.

For scientists, bioethicists, clinicians, counsellors and public commentators, this is an essential contribution to one of the critical debates in current genetics.

Experts from medicine, law, ethics and social science explore a key debate in current genetics
Tackles head on the arguments for and against genetic engineering
Suitable for course use and as supplementary reading
Provides the essential background from biomedical and social science
Extended foreword by Peter Singer, author of the bestselling Practical Ethics.

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List of contributors	p. ix
Foreword: shopping at the genetic supermarket	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xxxiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxxv
Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line?	p. 1
The science of inheritable genetic modification	p. 17
Nuclear cloning, embryonic stem cells, and gene transfer	p. 35
Controlling bodies and creating monsters: popular perceptions of genetic modifications	p. 57
Inheritable genetic modification as moral responsibility in a creative universe	p. 77
Ethics and welfare issues in animal genetic modification	p. 103
Radical rupture: exploring biologic sequelae of volitional inheritable genetic modification	p. 131
"Alter-ing" the human species? Misplaced essentialism in science policy	p. 149
Traditional and feminist bioethical perspectives on gene transfer: is inheritable genetic modification really the problem?	p. 159
Inheritable genetic modification and disability: normality and identity	p. 175
Regulating inheritable genetic modification, or policing the fertile scientific imagination? A feminist legal response	p. 193
Inheritable genetic modification: clinical applications and genetic counseling considerations	p. 223
Can bioethics speak to politics about the prospect of inheritable genetic modification? If so, what might it say?	p. 243
Glossary of scientific terms	p. 279
Index	p. 303
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