Germ-Line Intervention and Our Responsibilities to Future Generations - Philosophy and Medicine 1998 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword; L. Galea. Introduction; E. Agius. Part I: From Laboratory to Germ-Line Therapy. Screening for Genetic Diseases: What Are the Moral Constraints? A. Cuschieri. The Moral Status of the Human Genome; A. Deepandung, W. T. Noonpakdee. Part II: The Concept of Human Nature: Theological and Secular Perspectives. The Zen World and the Mental Genes; K. Inoue. Moral Reasoning in Bioethics and Posterity; S. Privitera. Redesigning the Human Genome: Are There Constraints from Nature? K. Wm. Wildes. Human Nature Genetically Re-engineered: Moral Responsibilities to Future Generations; H. T. Engelhardt, Jr. Part III: Genetic Interventions and the Common Heritage View. Patenting Life: Our Responsibilities to Present and Future Generations; E. Agius. Should We Treat the Human Germ-Line as a Global Human Resource? E. T. Juengst. Part IV: Social Responsibilities of Geneticists Toward Future Generations. Germ-Line Engineering as the Eugenics of the Future; Qiu Renzong. Guardianship by Peer Review in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; A. E. Felice. Are We Our Descendants' Keepers? D. Heyd. The Unknowable Effects of Genetic Interventions on Future Generations (Or, Who Guards the Genetic Engineers in Democratic Republics?); S. F. Spicker. Homo Propheticus; U. M. Bonnici. Notes on Contributors. Index. Publisher Marketing: In contemporary ethical discussion widespread concern about the potential risks of genetic engineering is raising new and fundamental questions about our responsibilities towards unborn generations. Newly acquired knowledge in genetic engineering techniques has brought about not only potential benefits but also immense risks for the well-being of both present and future generations. This text raises a number of ethical issues concerning the impact of genetic engineering on generations yet to be born.

Contributor Bio:  Agius, Emmanuel Emmanuel Agius is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Theology and Coordinator of the Future Generations Programme at the Foundation for International Studies, University of Malta. Contributor Bio:  Busuttil, Salvino Salvino Busuttil is former Director General of the Foundation for International Studies. Contributor Bio:  Kim, Tae-Chang TAE-CHANG KIM is President of the Institute for Integrated Study of Future Generations in Kyoto, Japan.