Genethics: Moral issues in the creation of people

David Heyd*

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Abstract

Unprecedented advances in medicine, genetic engineering, and demographic forecasting raise new questions that strain the categories and assumptions of traditional ethical theories. Heyd's approach resolves many paradoxes in intergenerational justice, while offering a major test case for the profound problems of the limits of ethics and the nature of value. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBerkeley, CA
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Number of pages276
ISBN (Electronic)0520077148, 0520313488, 0585360960, 9780520077140
StatePublished - 1992

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Publisher Copyright:
© 1992 by The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

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