Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Rationality and the Genetic Challenge: Making People Better?

Matti Häyry (University of Manchester). Rationality and the Genetic Challenge: Making People Better? (Cambridge University Press, 2010)


“Häyry gives us a masterful topography and analysis of the philosophical and ethical questions raised by attempts to 'make better future people and to make existing people better.' Anyone who is interested in the challenges posed by genetics (and who wouldn't be?) - from educated lay persons to professionals in the field - will find this a must read by one of today's most outstanding philosophers.”
—Thomasine Kushner, University of California, Berkeley