Wonderwoman and superman : the ethics of human biotechnology

Author(s)

• Harris, John

Bibliographic Information

Wonderwoman and superman : the ethics of human biotechnology

John Harris

（Studies in bioethics）（Oxford paperbacks）

Oxford University Press, 1993, c1992

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study of the issues raised by human biotechnology investigates how scientists and clinicians should balance the possible with the permissible. Topics discussed include scanning and discriminating, commercial exploitation and research on embryos.

Table of Contents

• The art of the possible
• Research on embryos
• Origins and terminuses
• The wrong of wrongful life
• Human resources
• Commercial exploitation
• Wonderwoman and superman
• Changing the world
• The new breed
• Screening and discriminating
• Record-breaking.

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Details

• NCID: BB18833368
• ISBN:
  • 0192830538
• LCCN: 91023939
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 271 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RG133.5
  • DC20 : 176
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical asepcts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00445394
  • BA00075182