How to Build a Better Human
How to Build a Better Human
An Ethical Blueprint
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Pence, Gregory E.
How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint / Gregory E. Pence.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4422-1762-1 (cloth : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4422-1764-5 (electronic)
I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Biomedical Enhancement--ethics. 2. Bioethical Issues. 3. Genetic Counseling--ethics. W 82]
174.2--dc23
2012017542
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