Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-Being
- ISBN-10
- 1793624127
- ISBN-13
- 9781793624123
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-15
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Elyse Purcell
Description
Advances in biotechnologies for human enhancement and designer babies appear to offer us new hope in medicine, but capitalism may incentivize the selection of traits for profit. Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-being offers an opposing Marxist view, one that embraces human vulnerability and embodied difference.
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