Description: Further DetailsTitle: Genetic ProspectsCondition: NewSubtitle: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public PolicyISBN-10: 0742533352EAN: 9780742533356ISBN: 9780742533356Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/27/2003Description: While the collapse of the Soviet Union has diminished the force of George Orwell's 1984, the other great dystopian tract of the twentieth century, Alduous Huxley's Brave New World, is timelier than ever. The ongoing process of genetic science may well revolutionize medicine and human reproduction, and it may end by giving us the ability to transform the human species itself. This new power has raised hopes that we will solve a range of genetically based problems that afflict us. It has also evoked fears that we are on the verge of a 'post human' future in which precious but necessary norms regulating individual and social life will be set aside. Will we have the moral and political wisdom to avoid the pitfalls in using new biotechnologies? Genetic Prospects considers the resources from which the needed norms and maxims might be drawn, scrutinizing carefully the contributions of common sense, religion, and moral sentiment. Taken together, the essays in this volume apply philosophical analysis to address three kinds of questions: What are the implications of genetic science for our understanding of nature? What might it influence in our conception of human nature? What challenges does genetic science poses for specific issues of private conduct or public policy?Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 150mmItem Width: 11mmItem Weight: 218gContributor: Verna V. Gehring (Edited by), Harold W. Baillie (Contributions by), William A. Galston (Contributions by), Sara Goering (Contributions by), Deborah Hellman (Contributions by), Mark Sagoff (Contributions by), Paul B. Thompson (Contributions by), Robert Wachbroit (Contributions by), David T. Wasserman (Contributions by), Richard M. Zaner (Contributions by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy StudiesTopic: Science Nature & MathAuthor: Richard M. ZanerRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Genetic Prospects
Title: Genetic Prospects
Subtitle: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy
ISBN-10: 0742533352
EAN: 9780742533356
ISBN: 9780742533356
Release Date: 09/27/2003
Release Year: 2003
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Richard M. Zaner (Contributions by)
Series: Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
Book Title: Genetic Prospects : Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2003
Topic: Biotechnology, Ethics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy, Science, Medical
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Harold W Baillie
Book Series: Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
