Genética y justicia

by Allen Buchanan, Norman Daniels, Dan W. Brock

Genética y justicia es el primer estudio sistemático sobre las cuestiones éticas fundamentales que subyacen a la aplicación de la tecnología genética a los seres humanos. Al explorar las implicaciones de los notables avances en esta disciplina, los autores preguntan cómo podrían afectar estos avances a nuestra interpretación de la justicia distributiva, la igualdad de oportunidades, los derechos y obligaciones de los padres, el significado de la discapacidad y el papel del concepto de naturaleza humana en la teoría y la práctica éticas.

Genres: Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, Genetics

416 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2000

About the author

Allen Edward Buchanan is the James B. Duke Professor of philosophy at Duke University and also professor of the Philosophy of International Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College, London. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota before joining Duke's faculty in 2002 as professor of public policy and philosophy. He has written six books covering such topics as Marx, applied ethics (especially bio-medical ethics), social justice, and international justice, including the foundations of international law. Buchanan served as staff philosopher for the President's Commission on Medical Ethics in 1983. From 1996 to 2000 he served on the Advisory Council for the National Human Genome Research Institute. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.

Reviews

[Chrissie Seo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice summary of eugenics movement in US, clears up misunderstandings, and presents a theory that may be applicable in the future. Written by four famous bioethicists; brings up social issues beyond genetics. Interesting read

[TJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Phil 472 Clinical Health Care Ethics