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Reprogenetic technologies, which combine the power of reproductive techniques with the tools of genetic science and technology, promise prospective parents a remarkable degree of control to pick and choose the likely characteristics of their offspring. Not only can they select embryos with or without particular genetically-related diseases and disabilities but also choose embryos with non-disease related traits such as sex. Prominent authors such as Agar, Buchanan, DeGrazia, Green, Harris, Robertson, Savulescu, and Silver have flocked to the banner of reprogenetics. For them, increased reproductive choice and reduced suffering through the elimination of genetic disease and disability are just the first step. They advocate use of these technologies to create beings who enjoy longer and healthier lives, possess greater intellectual capacities, and are capable of more refined emotional experiences. Indeed, Harris and Savulescu in particular take reprogenetic technologies to be so valuable to human beings that they have insisted that their use is not only morally permissible but morally required. Rethinking Reprogenetics challenges this mainstream view with a contextualised, gender-attentive philosophical perspective. De Melo-Martín demonstrates that you do not have to be a Luddite, social conservative, or religious zealot to resist the siren song of reprogenetics. Pointing out the flawed nature of the arguments put forward by the technologies' proponents, Rethinking Reprogenetics reveals the problematic nature of the assumptions underpinning current evaluations of these technologies and offers a framework for a more critical and sceptical assessment.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction: Challenging Mainstream Defenses of Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 2. Reprogenetic Technologies: An Overview Chapter 3. Procreative Liberty: The Moral Permissibility of Reprogenetics Chapter 4. Conscripted in the Pursuit of Perfection: The Moral Obligation to Use Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 5. The Illusion of Control: Reprogenetic Technologies and the Natural Lottery Chapter 6. Not of Woman Born: Reprogenetics and the Erasing of Women Chapter 7. Different Things Delight Different People: On the Value-Neutrality of Reprogenetic Technologies Chapter 8. Enhancing the Assessment of Reprogenetic Technologies: The Case of Mitochondrial Replacement

About the Author :
Inmaculada de Melo-Martín is professor of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine. She holds as PhD in Philosophy and an M.S. in Biology. Her research focuses on ethical and epistemological issues related to biomedical sciences and technologies. She has published extensively on those topics in both philosophy and science journals.

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"Rethinking Reprogenetics: Enhancing Ethical Analyses of Reprogenetic Technologies is a compact, rigorously argued volume that packs quite a punch." -- Zahra Meghani, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal "In my opinion, the combination of [the] different perspectives offered by [Inmaculada de Melo-Martin] results in a more enriching analysis for the reader, since it puts on the table an ethical discussion of tensions in the applications and use of reprogenetics, while revealing the absence of the gender vision that reprogenetics advocates. These crossfertilizations between ethics, feminist theory, and science, technology, and society studies bring to light problems that are obscured by androcentric and technoptimistic visions of reprogenetics, especially given their dominance." -- Natalia FernÃ!ndez-Jimeno, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics "Enthusiasts about emerging reprogenetic technologies tend to dismiss critics as irrational, religious, or reactionary. In this bold new book, Inmaculada de Melo-Martin offers a rational, secular, and progressive critique of reprogenetic enthusiasm. In particular, she argues for an approach that takes women's experience seriously, that takes the value-ladenness of technologies seriously, and that questions the assumption that more technological choices mean more genuine flourishing." - Erik Parens, The Hastings Center "This is a book I have long been wishing for, a book that directly confronts the "enthusiasts" (especially Julian Savulescu and John Harris) regarding reproductive genetic technologies and offers a sober, nuanced response, one that highlights important gendered and societal aspects of the debate" -- Sara Goering, Hypatia Reviews Online "De Melo-Martin's philosophically acute and scientifically literate account of the ethics of the new reproductive technologies returns the interests of woman to the center of the debate about the future of reproduction where they belong. I cannot recommend it highly enough." - Robert Sparrow, Professor, Philosophy Program and Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University "With confidence, insight and aplomb, de Melo-Martin takes on 'the good old boys' of repropgenetics. Not the scientists developing innovative technologies, but their cheerleaders - men who enthusiastically and uncritically endorse everything reprogenetic. Along the way, she reminds us of the need to pay particular attention to the social context in which reprogenetic technologies are developed and implemented."-Francoise Baylis, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy, Dalhousie University "The point is not that there clearly are other problems that deserve more attention, but that such questions need to be raised and addressed. Why this is so important and how it can be done de Melo-Martin brilliantly demonstrates in Rethinking Reprogenetics. It is a compelling read, written in a very clear and accessible style, and without doubt a very welcome, insightful addition to the debate." - Hastings Center Report "Rethinking Reprogenetics by Immaculada de Melo-Martin has at its heart a desire to spark discussion about the foundations of our right to reproduce. While many of the arguments are familiar in feminist ethics, de Melo-Martin's text is a useful addition in that she is focusing on the development and application of genetic techonology towards reproductive ends." -- Constance K. Perry, International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics


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  • ISBN-13: 9780190460204
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 142 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Spine Width: 33 mm
  • Weight: 454 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190460202
  • Publisher Date: 08 Dec 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Enhancing Ethical Analyses of Reprogenetic Technologies
  • Width: 211 mm


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