Influencing Traits Before Birth (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Pattinson, Shaun D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138733695 ISBN 13: 9781138733695

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2002.In this informative and captivating book the author presents a moral critique of the laws governing the creation of designer babies. Alan Gewirth’s Principle of Generic Consistency is used as the starting point for developing a framework, which is then used to critique the legal position in the EU countries (with particular reference to the UK), Canada and the USA. The conclusion the author reaches is that a proper moral response to the issues covered must take account of specified prima facie presumptions, to be applied by legitimately appointed regulatory bodies. The text assesses the adequacy of existing regulatory responses by reference to these presumptions. Also containing detailed appendices summarizing the legal position with regard to abortion and prenatal diagnosis, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, in vitro embryo research, cloning, and germ-line gene therapy in the countries mentioned above, this volume is an indispensable resource for both students and scholars with a keen interest in this highly contested field.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Shaun D. Pattinson is Reader in Law at the Department of Law, Durham University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138733695
• ISBN 13: 9781138733695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270