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David Hume: Platonic Philosopher, Continental Ancestor

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4384-4214-3
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
Publishing date02/01/2013
SeriesSuny Contemporary Continental
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 155 mm, Height 229 mm, Thickness 10 mm
Weight227 g
Article no.4058607
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A20739850
Product groupBU942
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This is a highly readable and well put together introduction to eugenics's past and to its present. Overall, Rutherford writes engagingly and expertly on a subject that is central to his research and the place where he practises it (UCL, Rutherford's university, was at the forefront of early 20th century eugenics research). For me, the book is most interesting on the state of eugenics thinking today as Rutherford explains and unpacks some of the complicated moral quandaries now faced by the medical profession and parents alike when it comes to things like so-called designer babies. Above all what he brings out is the deep complexity of the science which makes our media-filtered understanding of the topic seem too simplistic for words.
There are just a few occasions (most notably in the historical section) when Rutherford's style can be too chummy and once or twice he could do with defining terms more clearly but overall this is an excellent introdution to a compley and emotive topic

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