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Liberal Eugenics : In Defence of Human Enhancement by Nicholas Agar [Agar, Nicholas] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Liberal Eugenics : In Defence of Human Enhancement about?
In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children’s characteristics. Gets away from fears of a Huxleyan ‘Brave New World’ or a return to the fascist eugenics of the pastWritten from a philosophically and scientifically informed point of viewConsiders real contemporary cases of parents choosing what kind of child to haveUses ‘moral images’ as a way to get readers with no background in philosophy to think about moral dilemmasProvides an authoritative account of the science involved, making the book suitable for readers with no knowledge of geneticsCreates a moral framework for assessing all new technologies**
Who reads Liberal Eugenics : In Defence of Human Enhancement?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nicholas Agar [Agar, Nicholas]
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781609803599
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (1,833 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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- The Man with the Golden Arm : 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (2011)
- The Man With the Golden Arm (1949)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (2009)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1996)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (2011)
- The Man with the Golden Arm : a Novel (1978)
- The Man With the Golden Arm (1998)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (2003)
- The Man with the Golden Arm : 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (1949)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1990)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (50th Anniversary Edition): 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (2011)
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