John Basl is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University. He works in normative philosophy and applied ethics, with emphasis on the ethical and epistemological challenges raised by emerging technologies. He is the co-editor of Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Lexington Books, 2013).

• Preface Chapter 1: BiocentrismChapter 2: Challenges to BiocentrismChapter 3: The Etiological Account of Teleological WelfareChapter 4: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of CollectivesChapter 5: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of ArtifactsChapter 6: The Moral Irrelevance of Biological Welfare Chapter 7: Conclusion

With significant references to a variety of philosophical positions on the issue and also to contemporary bioscience research, this solid and accessible book advances the literature on the problem of moral status. ... Summing up: Recommended

John Basl is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University. He works in normative philosophy and applied ethics, with emphasis on the ethical and epistemological challenges raised by emerging technologies. He is the co-editor of Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Lexington Books, 2013).

• Preface Chapter 1: BiocentrismChapter 2: Challenges to BiocentrismChapter 3: The Etiological Account of Teleological WelfareChapter 4: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of CollectivesChapter 5: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of ArtifactsChapter 6: The Moral Irrelevance of Biological Welfare Chapter 7: Conclusion

With significant references to a variety of philosophical positions on the issue and also to contemporary bioscience research, this solid and accessible book advances the literature on the problem of moral status. ... Summing up: Recommended

John Basl is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University. He works in normative philosophy and applied ethics, with emphasis on the ethical and epistemological challenges raised by emerging technologies. He is the co-editor of Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Lexington Books, 2013).

• Preface Chapter 1: BiocentrismChapter 2: Challenges to BiocentrismChapter 3: The Etiological Account of Teleological WelfareChapter 4: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of CollectivesChapter 5: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of ArtifactsChapter 6: The Moral Irrelevance of Biological Welfare Chapter 7: Conclusion

With significant references to a variety of philosophical positions on the issue and also to contemporary bioscience research, this solid and accessible book advances the literature on the problem of moral status. ... Summing up: Recommended