Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice »

Ronald M. Green is Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values and director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College. He was founding director of the Office of Genome Ethics at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of six previous books, most recently The Human Embryo Research Debates: Bioethics and the Vortex of Controversy. He lives in Norwich, VT.

Already technology enables parents to select some genetic traits for their children, and soon it will be possible to begin to shape ourselves as a species. Countering loud cries of alarm, bioethics expert Ronald Green explains why our fears about genetic engineering are overblown and how we can move forward responsibly to create a better future.

Commonweal

“Green has written for a broad readership of nonspecialists. . . . accessible and engaging--qualities that are rare in the bioethics literature.”--Commonweal

Contents
Introduction....................1
1 Creating the Superathlete....................17
2 How Will We Do It?....................33
3 Drawing Lines....................53
4 Challenges and Risks....................81
5 Parents: Guardians or Gardeners?....................107
6 Will We Create a "Genobility"?....................135
7 Playing God....................171
8 The Choices Ahead....................197
Notes....................231
Glossary....................259
Acknowledgments....................269
Index....................271