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• Title:The ethics of genetic engineering / Roberta M. Berry.
  
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• Author/Creator:Berry, Roberta M., 1955-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Routledge, 2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QH442 .B48 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Genetic Engineering--ethics.
  
• Description:xiii, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Routledge annals of bioethics.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-215) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780415769945 (hardback : alk. paper)
  0415769949 (hardback : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Genetic engineering : past and present as prelude to the future
  A. Fractious problems and ethical and policy decision-making
  B. Past : genetic medicine, eugenics, reproductive medicine and counseling
  C. Present : the prospect of genetic engineering, the gathering debate, fractious problems and decision-making
  2. Utilitarianism : engineering to maximize welfare
  A. Juanita, Louis, and Dr. Bentheme
  B. Utilitarianism : justification, impartial welfare maximization, and action guidance
  C. Utilitarianism and genetic engineering
  3. Deontology : engineering at the edges of disease, disability, difference, and death
  A. Miles, Lamar, and Dr. Neo
  B. Deontological ethics : justification, the right, and action guidance
  C. Deontology and genetic engineering
  4. Virtue ethics : engineering for the virtues
  A. Leonard, Trisha, and Dr. Arete
  B. Virtue ethics : justification, character, and action guidance
  C. Virtue ethics and genetic engineering
  5. Genetic engineering, fractious problems, and a navigational approach to policy-making
  A. Utilitarianism as a public philosophy
  B. Deontology as a public philosophy
  C. virtues in public philosophy
  D. navigational approach.