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245 10 a| How to build a better humanh| [electronic resource] :b| an ethical blueprint /c| Gregory E. Pence.;

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505 0 a| What if your virtual life surpasses your real life? -- Lessons from the history of bioethics -- Expanding the mind -- Building better female bodies -- Building better male bodies -- Is it moral to feel better than well? -- Ways to build a longer life -- Is it wrong to live to one hundred? -- A better life with personalized genetics -- Building better kids: choosing embryos -- Eugenic abortions? -- Building better kids during gestation -- Building better kids: vaccinations -- Building better emerging minds: Adderall and Ritalin -- How not to think about genetic enhancement -- Five psychosocial objections to enhancing genes -- Cloning, primordial cells, enhancement -- Conclusions and six practical proposals.;

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520 a| In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues if, we are careful and ethical, we can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine in safe ethical ways for human enhancement. He looks at the innovations and challenges that have occurred since the birth of bioethics almost 50 years ago and considers the ethical implications of the technological advances that are just around the corner.;

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How to build a better human an ethical blueprint / Gregory E. Pence.

Author/creator	Pence, Gregory E.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., ©2012.
Description	1 online resource (x, 200 pages)
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Medical innovations--Moral and ethical aspects. Bioethics. Biomedical Enhancement--ethics. Bioethical Issues Genetic Counseling--ethics. Bioethics Médecine--Innovations. --Aspect moral. Bioéthique.

Contents	What if your virtual life surpasses your real life? -- Lessons from the history of bioethics -- Expanding the mind -- Building better female bodies -- Building better male bodies -- Is it moral to feel better than well? -- Ways to build a longer life -- Is it wrong to live to one hundred? -- A better life with personalized genetics -- Building better kids: choosing embryos -- Eugenic abortions? -- Building better kids during gestation -- Building better kids: vaccinations -- Building better emerging minds: Adderall and Ritalin -- How not to think about genetic enhancement -- Five psychosocial objections to enhancing genes -- Cloning, primordial cells, enhancement -- Conclusions and six practical proposals.
Abstract	In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues if, we are careful and ethical, we can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine in safe ethical ways for human enhancement. He looks at the innovations and challenges that have occurred since the birth of bioethics almost 50 years ago and considers the ethical implications of the technological advances that are just around the corner.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Language	English.
Source of description	Print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Pence, Gregory E. How to build a better human 9781442217621
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021763992
ISBN	9781442217645 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	1442217642 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	1306348994
ISBN	9781306348997
ISBN	1442217634
ISBN	9781442217638
Stock number	9DAB9102-DE3C-455E-91AA-5B3C550087E1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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