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Taking Biology Seriously

What Biology Can and Cannot Tell Us About Moral and Public Policy Issues
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 2005

Summary

Discussions of human biology and its consequences for ethics and public policy are often misguided. Both proponents and critics of behavioral genetics, reproductive cloning, and genetic testing have mistaken beliefs about the role of genes in human life. Taking Biology Seriously calls attention to the social context in which both the science and our ethical precepts and public policies play a role.



Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2005
Copyright Year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-4921-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4617-1150-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
162
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. 1 Misunderstanding Biology: Epistemological, Scientific, and Moral Problems No access Pages 1 - 14
  2. 2 Biological Explanations and Social Responsibility No access Pages 15 - 36
  3. 3 An Introduction to the Science of Cloning No access Pages 37 - 44
  4. 4 Cloning―Or Not―Human Beings No access Pages 45 - 62
  5. 5 Putting Human Cloning Where It Belongs No access Pages 63 - 76
  6. 6 Obtaining Genetic Information No access Pages 77 - 82
  7. 7 Genetic Information and Moral Obligations No access Pages 83 - 104
  8. 8 Moral Obligations, Genetic Information, and Social Context No access Pages 105 - 128
  9. 9 On the Need to Take Biology Seriously No access Pages 129 - 134
  10. Bibliography No access Pages 135 - 156
  11. Index No access Pages 157 - 160
  12. About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162

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