5 Reproductive Choice and the Democratic Presumption

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
4. Foreword xix
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Has Humankind a Future? 8
8. 2 Enhancement Is a Moral Duty 19
9. 3 What Enhancements Are and Why They Matter 36
10. 4 Immortality 59
11. 5 Reproductive Choice and the Democratic Presumption 72
12. 6 Disability and Super-Ability 86
13. 7 Perfection and the Blue Guitar 109
14. 8 Good and Bad Uses of Technology: Leon Kass and Jürgen Habermas 123
15. 9 Designer Children 143
16. 10 The Irredeemable Paradox of the Embryo 160
17. 11 The Obligation to Pursue and Participate in Research 184
18. Notes 207
19. Bibliography 227
20. Index 239