Biologically Modified Justice

ISBN-13: 9781107568518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 298 str.

Colin Farrelly

Opis

A novel account of distributive justice which takes advances in the biomedical sciences and global aging seriously.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The genetic revolution; Part I. The Duty to Aid in an Aging World: 2. Empirical ethics and Singer's principle of preventing bad occurrences; 3. The duty to extend the biological warranty period; 4. Equality and the duty to retard human aging; 5. Framing the inborn aging process and longevity science; Part II. Genetic Justice: 6. Science and justice; 7. Genetic justice and the limitations of formulating distributive 'ideals'; 8. Normative theorizing about genetics: a response to Loi; Part III. Patents, Reproductive Freedom and Patriarchy: 9. Gene patents and justice; 10. PGD and reproductive freedom; 11. Historical materialism and patriarchy; Conclusion.