{"product_id":"rightwrong-isbn-9780262542814","title":"Right\/Wrong","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lively and entertaining guide to ethics in a technological age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people have a strong sense of right and wrong, and they aren't shy about expressing their opinions. But when we take a polarizing stand on something we regard as an eternal truth, we often forget that ethics evolve over time. Many shifts in the right versus wrong pendulum are driven by advances in technology. Our great-grandparents might be shocked by in vitro fertilization; our great-grandchildren might be shocked by the messiness of pregnancy, childbirth, and unedited genes. In \u003ci\u003eRight\/Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, Juan Enriquez reflects on what happens to our ethics as technology makes the once unimaginable a commonplace occurrence.INTRODUCTION: WHY IS   ETHICS SUDDENLY WHITE-HOT, FRONT-BURNER? 1 \u003cbr\u003e1 REDESIGNING HUMANS 13 \u003cbr\u003eThe Ethics   of New Sex 13 \u003cbr\u003eRadically Redesigning Humans 30 \u003cbr\u003eRenovating Our Brains? 42 \u003cbr\u003e Pathologically Sick . . . and Imprisoned 48 \u003cbr\u003e2 EXPONENTIAL   TECHNOLOGIES: TODAY’S ETHICAL QUICKSAND 57 \u003cbr\u003eSo . . . You Warmed   Up the Planet Just a Touch? 57 \u003cbr\u003eRenewing Capitalism’s License? 65 \u003cbr\u003eYou Used Do   WHAT to Animals?! 79 \u003cbr\u003eDeliberate Extinctions: Gene Drives 84 \u003cbr\u003eTechnology,   Truthiness, and the Demise of Institutions 89 \u003cbr\u003e3 CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF   HISTORY 99 \u003cbr\u003eJust Who Is Supposed to Teach Us RIGHT and WRONG? 100 \u003cbr\u003eMore Recent   Ethical Quicksand: LGBTQIA 118 \u003cbr\u003eEndangered and Extinct Religions 125 \u003cbr\u003e4 THE   IMMORTALITY OF TODAY’S MISTAKES 139 \u003cbr\u003eFacebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google   Are Electronic Tattoos 139 \u003cbr\u003eAnd Then There Are Dating   Sites . . . 151 \u003cbr\u003e5 WHY DON’T WE FIX IT? 159 \u003cbr\u003eBaumol’s Cost   Disease 160 \u003cbr\u003eMass Incarceration 174 \u003cbr\u003eEverything’s   Disposable . . . 180 \u003cbr\u003e6 DEAD WRONG: WE STILL DO IT; WE WILL BE   JUDGED 185 \u003cbr\u003ePapers, Borders, and Ethics 185 \u003cbr\u003eWar Profiteering 194 \u003cbr\u003eCan Being   Precautionary Kill? 199 \u003cbr\u003e7 CONCLUSION? 209 \u003cbr\u003eEthics 2.0, 3.0,   4.0 . . . 209 \u003cbr\u003ePOSTSCRIPT: GAME CHANGERS 223 \u003cbr\u003eUniversal Ethics?   China . . . 223 \u003cbr\u003eArtificial Intelligence 227 \u003cbr\u003ePandemics Have a   Way of Focusing Your Ethics, Don’t They? 234 \u003cbr\u003eSETI: First Contact 242 \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 247 \u003cbr\u003eNotes 249 \u003cbr\u003eIndex 279Juan Enriquez is the author of \u003cu\u003eAs the Future Catches You\u003c\/u\u003e, \u003cu\u003eEvolving Ourselves\u003c\/u\u003e, and other books. A frequent speaker at TED and other conferences, he has contributed to such publications as Harvard Business Review and Foreign Policy. He is the Director of Excel Venture Management, a life sciences venture capital firm.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302181884133,"sku":"NP9780262542814","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262542814.jpg?v=1767735787","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rightwrong-isbn-9780262542814","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}