Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement

Cover
Half Title
Endorsement
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Smart People / Cognitive Enhancement
	Intelligence: What It Is and Why It Matters
	Risks of Enhancing Intelligence
	From General Intelligence to Specific Cognitive Traits
		Trade-offs from the Standpoint of Each Parent
		Trade-offs from the Standpoint of All Parents
		Positional Goods and Social Benefits
	Moral Standing and Moral Status
	Notes
2 Good People / Moral Enhancement
	The Bright Side of Oxytocin
	The Dark Side of Oxytocin
	Pathological Altruism
	Does Moral Enhancement Undermine Freedom?
	Biocultural Moral Enhancement
	Notes
3 Pretty People / Aesthetic Enhancement
	Origins of Beauty
	From Cryptic Choice to Conscious Selection
	Lookism and Unjust Discrimination
	Inequalities and Arms Races
	Notes
4 Healthy People / Immuno-enhancement
	Optimizing Immuno-diversity
	Predicting the Future
	Directing the Future
	Notes
5 Synthetic People / Creating Life from Scratch
	Creating Future People
	Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities
	Demographic Worries
	Why Have Children?
	Should We Stay a Single Species?
	Notes
Conclusion
Appendix A The Ultimatum Game
Appendix B The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Appendix C The Public Goods Game
References
Glossary
Index