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In our own image : eugenics and the genetic modification of people / David Galton.

Title: In our own image : eugenics and the genetic modification of people / David Galton.
Author: Galton, David J.
Publication: London : Little, Brown, 2001.

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Description

xx, 300 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"In the continuing excitement over the progress of the Human Genome Project and the fast-changing technologies that are developing from it, one word has been conspicuous by its absence from the media hype: 'eugenics'." "Since the horrendous experiments of Nazi Germany and the abuses of other dictators, before and after, eugenics has acquired a sinister reputation. Yet now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, eugenics should again be recognised for what it is: the use of science for the improvement of our genetic constitution."--BOOK JACKET.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-289) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Towards the Genetic Modification of People. 1. At Plato's Academy. 2. The Genetic Revolution: Naming the Parts. 3. Designing Babies. 4. Cloning Babies. 5. Three Warnings from History. 6. The Individual and the New Eugenics. 7. The Family and the New Eugenics. 8. Society and the New Eugenics. 9. Justice Without Imagination. 10. From 1984 to 2084 -- pt. 2. Which Genetic Markers? 11. The Genetic Components of Disease. 12. Frail New World. 13. Personality Traits. 14. Conclusions.

ISBN

0316855928

OCLC

47037329
SCSB-9947104

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