Biotechnology : our future as human beings and citizens /

An essential introduction to a controversial yet crucial field of research, Biotechnology surveys recent advances in the field and offers a wide range of opinions for and against expanding this new branch of science. Incisively examining such key topics as therapeutic cloning, genetic enhancement, s...

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Beste egile batzuk: Sutton, Sean D., 1965-
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
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Argitaratua: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2009.
Saila:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252758
Aurkibidea:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction. Biotechnology, Human Being, and Citizen / Sean D. Sutton
  • 1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections / Leon R. Kass
  • 2. Who's Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological Progress / Ronald Bailey
  • 3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream? / Ronald M. Green
  • 4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual Beliefs / Lee Mm Silver
  • 5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New Genetics / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
  • 6. Bible and Biotechnology / Larry Arnhart
  • 7. Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human Transformation / Richard Sherlock.