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Playing God?: Human Genetic Engineering And The, Evans+=
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- PublishedOn
- 2002-02-01
- ISBN
- 9780226222622
- EAN
- 9780226222622
- Subject Area
- Science, Medical
- Publication Name
- Playing God? : Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Subject
- Ethics, Biotechnology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
- Series
- Morality and Society Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 15.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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Technology evolves at a dazzling speed, and nowhere more so than in the field of genetic engineering, where the possibility of directly changing the genes of one's children is quickly becoming a reality. The public is rightly concerned, but interestingly, they have not had much to say about the implications of recent advancements in human genetics. Playing God? asks why and explores the social forces that have led to the thinning out of public debate over human genetic engineering. John H. Evans contends that the problem lies in the structure of the debate itself. Disputes over human genetic engineering concern the means for achieving assumed ends, rather than being a healthy discussion about the ends themselves. According to Evans, this change in focus occurred as the jurisdiction over the debate shifted from scientists to bioethicists, a change which itself was caused by the rise of the bureaucratic state as the authority in such matters. The implications of this timely study are twofold. Evans not only explores how decisions about the ethics of human genetic engineering are made, but also shows how the structure of the debate has led to the technological choices we now face.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226222624
ISBN-13
9780226222622
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1954585
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Playing God? : Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Ethics, Biotechnology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Series
Morality and Society Ser.
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2001-026688
Lc Classification Number
Qh438.7.E935 2002
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Framework for Understanding the Thinning of a Public Debate 2. Setting the Stage: The Eugenicists and the Challenge from Theologians 3. Gene Therapy, Advisory Commissions, and the Birth of the Bioethics Profession 4. The President's Commission: The "Neutral" Triumph of Formal Rationality 5. Regaining Lost Jurisdictional Ground and the Triumph of the Bioethics Profession 6. "Reproduction" as the New Jurisdictional Metaphor: Autonomy and the Internal Threat to the Bioethics/Science Jurisdiction 7. Conclusion: The Future of Public Bioethics and the HGE Debate Appendix: Methods and Tables Notes Works Cited Index
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
174/.25
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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