دانلود کتاب The Ethics of Genetics in Human Procreation

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Ethics in human procreation: An analysis of some dilemmas
1 Introduction
2 The scientific dilemma
3 The societal dilemma: increasing individual options, pluralism, tolerance, and the lack of restrictive consensus
4 ‘Human life’ as a controversial social construct
5 The politics of language
6 Pluralism, tolerance, mutual respect—not clarified
References
Part One: Procreation and Parenthood
A moral right to procreation? Assisted procreation and persons at risk of hereditary genetic diseases
1 A right to procreate?
2 Rights in assisted procreation?
3 Avoiding the birth of a genetically damaged child
4 Having a genetically damaged child
5 Conclusion
Notes
References
Comment on A moral right to procreation?
1 A right to procreation?
2 Giving birth to children with genetic disease?
References
The \'good enough\' parent in the age of the new reproductive technologies
1 Introduction
2 ‘Good enough’ parents
3 Status and contract
4 Parental reproductive choice from a child’s viewpoint
5 Tentative conclusions
Notes
References
Comment: When are parents ‘good enough ’? Some ethical aspects of parenthood in the age of genetics and of new reproductive technologies
1 Moral implications of parenthood
2 Children’s rights, parental ideals and social interests
3 The ideology of enhancement and the logic of avoidance
4 Liberal and communitarian points of view
5 Guidelines for ‘good enough’ parents?
References
Part Two: Moral Protection of the Human Embryo and Fetus
The moral status of the human embryo and fetus
1 Gewirth’s argument to the PGC
2 Arguments for derivative status
3 Arguments for intrinsic moral status I
4 The argument for intrinsic moral status II: the embryo-fetus as a possible agent—proportionality and potentiality under precaution
5 Interactions between intrinsic and derivative considerations
6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Comment on The moral status of the human embryo and fetus
1 Beyleveld’s argument against Gewirth’s Principle of Proportionality
2 Beyleveld’s argument against Steigleder’s potentiality
3 The problem with the Principle of Generic Consistency
Note
References
Comment on The moral status of the human embryo and fetus
1 How is the human embryo and fetus apprehended?
2 The use of the PGC (Principle of Generic Consistency)
3 The elimination of the ‘pro-life’ position and other considerations
4 Conclusion
Notes
References
Part Three: Autonomy and Recognition
Autonomy and Recognition
1 Introductory considerations
2 What are recognition-relationships? A tentative definition
3 Perception as a factor in selective attention
4 The conflict about the interpretation of perceptions
5 Hegel’s ‘struggle for recognition’—a brief reprise
6 The dialectic of recognition—a procedure of exclusion?
Notes
References
Comment on Autonomy and Recognition
1 General remarks
2 Special issues
References
Comment: Autonomous decisions in assisted procreation and genetic diagnosis
1 Lévinas
2 Love and respect
3 Responsibility
References
Part Four: Social Implications
Technicalisation of human procreation and social living conditions
1 Conceptual framing of social living conditions at the turn of the second millennium
2 Controlling fertility and genetics—and reducing uncertainty?
3 Autonomy: limitations of a principle
4 Symbolic meaning of reproductive and genetic technologies
5 The social role of discourse on ethics
Notes
References
Comment: Transcending the either/or: Can bioethics be critical?
1 Introduction
2 The standard account and the attitude of suspicion
3 The astonishing career of bioethics
4 Philosophical anthropology and ethics: Or, some dramatic transitions in the history of bodily life (in outline)
Comment on Technicalisation of human procreation and social living conditions
1 Introduction: Why make babies?
2 Technology is much more than technique
3 The modification and transformation potential of reproductive and genetic technologies for individuals as well as for society
4 Reproductive and genetic technologies: are they really beneficial to women? Do they really promote reproductive autonomy?
5 Ethical relevance of medical indications
6 The social ‘design’ and the biomedical ‘design’
7 Bioethics’ role and the assessment of technology
8 Final remarks
Note
References
Part Five: Moral Reasoning in Applied Ethics
Moral reasoning in applied ethics: The place of moral philosophy in the ethical discussion concerning reproductive medicine and human genetics
Introduction
1 Reproductive medicine and molecular genetics: areas of ethical problems
2 Moral philosophy and applied ethics
3 Final remarks
Notes
References
Comment: Ethics, normativity and hermeneutics
References
Comment: Moral experience and rationality
Notes
References
Part Six: Legal Regulation of Assisted Procreation, Genetic Diagnosis and Gene Therapy
Legal regulation of assisted procreation, genetic diagnosis and gene therapy
1 Eligibility criteria for access to assisted reproduction
2 Pro-life, pro-choice, and compromise positions
3 Conclusion
Notes
References
Comment: The ethical and legal sense of medically assisted procreation
1 A medical act
2 The act of a doctor
3 A social act
4 The ‘social model’ of new reproductive technology
5 An ambiguous act
6 Control given to the individual over procreation
7 The increased power of doctors over man and the species
Comment on Legal regulation of assisted procreation, genetic diagnosis and gene therapy
1 Part one
2 Part two
Part Seven: Evaluation and Perspectives
Evaluation of The European Network for Biomedical Ethics (ENBE) (1996-1999)
Notes
References
Postscript
1 The political controversy on embryo-perspective
2 The perspective of social ethics
3 The feminist perspective
4 The perspective of European biomedical politics
Annexe
Discussion of The moral status of the human embryo and fetus
Discussion of Autonomy and Recognition
Note
Discussion of Technicalisation of human procreation and social living conditions
Discussion of Moral reasoning in applied ethics
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis — Points to Consider
1 Introduction
2 Points to consider relevant to the ethical reflection on and the evaluation of pre-implantation diagnosis
3 Unsolved problems of evaluation that refer back to fundamental ethical questions
4 Legal regulation
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