Genetic Ethics: An Introduction
Cover -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Introduction -- I Genetic engineering: tomorrow's reality? -- II Beneficence or precaution? -- III Hitting the "re-set" button on debates about genetic engineering -- IV What is virtue ethics? -- V The pedagogical value of virtue ethics -- VI Let's cut to the chase: what conclusions do I make? -- VII Why an introductory book on genetics and ethics? -- Notes -- 1 Eugenics: Inherently Immoral? -- I What is "eugenics"? -- II Folic acid, vaccinations and water fluoridation: eugenics? -- III The (unjust) eugenics of the past -- IV Education and exercise: eugenics? -- V From unintentional genetic modification to intentional genetic modification -- Discussion questions -- Notes -- 2 The Genetic Revolution: A Snapshot -- I Introduction -- II Historical thinkers -- III Contemporary science -- IV Behavioural genetics -- V Genetic discrimination, gene patents and gene therapy -- VI Clinical trials -- VII How virtue ethics can help us navigate the complexity and provisionality of the genetic revolution -- Discussion questions -- Notes -- 3 Disease -- I Introduction -- II Why is there disease? -- III Infectious disease -- IV The challenge of our times: chronic disease -- V Moving beyond "negative biology" -- Discussion questions -- Notes -- 4 Epigenetics -- I Introduction -- II Poverty -- III Nature and nurture: the case of addiction -- IV Future generations and the non-identity problem -- Discussion questions -- Notes -- 5 Reproductive Freedom -- I Introduction -- II Parental wellbeing -- III Replacement fertility and patriarchy -- IV Procreative beneficence: why not the best? -- V Sex selection -- Discussion questions -- Notes -- 6 Aging Research and Longevity -- I Introduction: global aging -- II Positive biology and centenarians -- III Isn't exercise alone enough? -- IV Intervening in the aging process