Ethics of Genetic Control: Ending Reproductive Roulette: Ending Reproductive Roulette : Artificial Insemination, Surrogate Pregnancy, Nonsexual Reproduction, Genetic Control

Joseph Fletcher

ISBN 10: 0879754435 / ISBN 13: 9780879754433

Published by Prometheus, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethics of Genetic Control: Ending Reproductive Roulette: Ending Reproductive Roulette : Artificial Insemination, Surrogate Pregnancy, Nonsexual Reproduction, Genetic Control
• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879754435
• ISBN 13: 9780879754433
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The patriarch of medical ethics explains why some accepted ethical values need to catch up with the science of human reproduction and why newer reproductive methods can be more "natural" and humane than those they replace.

About the Author

Joseph Francis Fletcher (1905- 1991) was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics. Fletcher was a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning. Ordained as an Episcopal priest, he later identified himself as an atheist. The author of many books, he was the first professor of medical ethics at the University of Virginia and cofounded the Program in Biology and Society there. In 1974, the American Humanist Association named him Humanist of the Year. He was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. He served as president of the Euthanasia Society of America (later renamed the Society for the Right to Die) from 1974 to 1976.