Altered Inheritance CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing Product DescriptionA leading bioethicist offers critical insights into the scientific, ethical, and political implications of human genome editing. Designer babies, once found only in science fiction, have become a reality. We are entering a new era of human evolution with the advent of a technology called CRISPR, which allows scientists to modify our genes. Although CRISPR shows great promise for therapeutic use, it raises thorny ethical, legal, political, and societal concerns because it can be used to make permanent changes to future generations. What if changes intended for the good turn out to have unforeseen negative effects What if the divide between the haves and have-nots widens as a result Who decides whether we genetically modify human beings and, if so, how Franoise Baylis insists that we must all have a role in determining our future as a species. The scientists who develop and use genome-editing tools should not be the only ones making decisions about future uses of the technology. Such decisions must be the fruit of a broad societal consensus. Baylis argues that it is in our collective interest to assess and steer the development and implementation of biomedical technologies. Members of the public with different interests and diverse perspectives must be among the decision makers only in this way can we ensure that societal concerns are taken into account and that responsible decisions are made. We must be engaged and informed, think critically, and raise our voices as we create our future together. Sharp, rousing, timely, and thought-provoking, Altered Inheritance is essential reading. The future of humanity is in our hands.ReviewExceptionally clear, insightful and well-argued...Baylis emphasizes that the science of genome editing cannot be separated from the social context in which it occurs...A timely and valuable book that enjoins us to seriously consider how CRISPR or other forms of genetic alteration could affect people who exist now and people who will exist in the years to come.--Walter Glannon"Bioethics" (06/01/2020)An effort to demystify the science and ethics of this world-changing technology.--Kat Eschner"University Affairs" (05/20/2020)Altered Inheritance argues that the use of gene-editing technology should require significant input from the broad public. This book is extremely timely, addresses a high interest and important topic, and comes from an influential voice in the gene-editing debate.--Josephine Johnston, The Hastings CenterAltered Inheritance is a call to action. Fair, balanced, and enjoyably readable, this book provides us with insights into the greatest technical and social challenges of our day and their ethical impact on future generations.--George Church, coauthor ofRegenesisA vivid call to action...Timely and important...Commitments to justice, responsibility, accountability, and consensus-building are features of a socially just science and bioethics. Toward this end,Altered Inheritance is a foundational tool in the path ahead.-- (09/30/2019)Baylis argues that everyone must have a role in determining our future as a species. Scientists who develop and use genome-editing tools shouldn't be the only ones deciding on future uses of the technology.-- (10/08/2019)Franoise Baylis is a fearless philosopher whose courage is matched by her talent. In this wise, lucid book, she asks exactly the right questions. What kind of world do we want to live in and how likely is gene editing to take us there--Carl Elliott, author ofWhite Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of MedicineIncisive and insightful,Altered Inheritance wrenches open the laboratory doors behind which science and technology struggle to set a new course for society, for humanity, and for those who are most vulnerable for extinction.--Donna R. Walton, Founder and President, The Divas With Disabilities ProjectInformative and thoughtful,Altered Inheritance casts the ethically perplexi Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. 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