Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered
to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of
human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary
society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier
selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of
the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of
eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering
and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future
selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research
from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the
procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments,
including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible
advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council
on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics
at St Mary's University College, London, UK.
Christopher Bechtel holds a degree in philosophy and is a
Research Fellow with the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics,
Edinburgh, UK.
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