Creating humans, ethical questions where reproduction and science collide, Alexander McCall Smith
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Creating humans, ethical questions where reproduction and science collide, Alexander McCall Smith
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Creating humans
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54900880
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Alexander McCall Smith
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The Modern scholar
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ethical questions where reproduction and science collide
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Discusses various moral aspects of human reproduction, from methods of conception to methods of ending a pregnancy. Explores the moral, cultural, legal and political influences on reproduction, and discusses the scientific advances in reproductive technology
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Lecture 1. An overview of the techniques for creating humans -- Lecture 2. When does life begin? The human embryo -- Lecture 3. What sort of children shall we have? The science of reproduction -- Lecture 4. Cloning: I want them to take after me -- Lecture 5. A boy please: sex selection -- Lecture 6. Abortion? -- Lecture 7. Who's my mother? Who's my father: Surrogacy -- Lecture 8. A sorting vat for babies: screening for abnormalities -- Lecture 9. Superboy and Wondergirl: genetic enhancement -- Lecture 10. Spare-part children -- Lecture 11. The right to reproduce -- Lecture 12. Life-boat ethics: population control -- Lecture 13. Hard choices: ethics in intensive care -- Lecture 14: Science as a father
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