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""This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosopical terms of the issue.""
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concise and engaging book...Glover's characteristically lucid reasoning and his use of powerful examples to cut through tangled and ideological debates shine through brightly here... Lively and very readable. (Justin Oakley, Mind )
This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosophical terms of the issue. (Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times )
delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority... a thoughtful and superbly written book (BBC Focus )
Packed into Glover's little book is a lot of common sense....elegant summaries...fascinating themes. (Madeline Bunting, Guardian Review )
This short book...should have wide appeal...Professor Glover writes in his engaging, highly accessible style..[giving] an uncommonly lucid and compelling presentation of views. (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 10 )
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""This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosopical terms of the issue.""
Review
concise and engaging book...Glover's characteristically lucid reasoning and his use of powerful examples to cut through tangled and ideological debates shine through brightly here... Lively and very readable. (Justin Oakley, Mind )
This short, readable book outlines with exemplary clarity the philosophical terms of the issue. (Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times )
delightfully readable, insightful essays...Glover writes with enormous authority... a thoughtful and superbly written book (BBC Focus )
Packed into Glover's little book is a lot of common sense....elegant summaries...fascinating themes. (Madeline Bunting, Guardian Review )
This short book...should have wide appeal...Professor Glover writes in his engaging, highly accessible style..[giving] an uncommonly lucid and compelling presentation of views. (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 10 )
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Progress in genetics and in reproductive technologies gives us growing power to reduce the incidence of disabilities and disorders. Read the first page
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