Colin Farrelly

Biologically Modified Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781107568518
• ISBN-10: 110756851X
• Artikelnr.: 45156478

Autorenporträt

Colin Farrelly is a Queen's National Scholar at Queen's University, Ontario. He has published articles in political science, philosophy, law, medicine and science, and his articles have appeared in journals as varied as the British Medical Journal, Political Studies, Biogerontology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Law and Philosophy and Rejuvenation Research. His other books include Justice, Democracy and Reasonable Agreement (2007), Virtue Jurisprudence (co-edited with Lawrence Solum, 2007) and An Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

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.