Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering

Author:   Benjamin Gregg (University of Texas, Austin)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781108841160


Pages:   274
Publication Date:   20 October 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering


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Author:   Benjamin Gregg (University of Texas, Austin)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781108841160


ISBN 10:   1108841163
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   20 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. The Political Bioethics of Regulating Genetic Engineering: 1. Regulation Guided by Proceduralism; 2. Regulation Guided by Less-than-Universal Standards; 3. Regulation Guided by Human Nature as Construction Not Essence; 4. Regulation Guided by Human Dignity as Decisional Autonomy Not Essence; Part II. The Political Dimensions of Engineering Intelligence: 5. Threshold Capacities for Political Participation; 6. Political Capacity of Human Intelligence and the Challenge of AI; 7. Political Ambiguity of Personalized Education Informed by the Pupil's Genome; Part III. Inequality as Unintended Consequence Locally and as a Planetary Phenomenon: 8. A Human Right to Freedom from Genetic Disability; 9. Deploying Epigenetics to Identify Responsibility for Health Inequalities; 10. Genetic Engineering as a Technology of the Anthropocene; Coda: Bioethics as Political Theory.

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Benjamin Gregg is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas at Austin.

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