Changing nature's course : the ethical challenge of biotechnology / edited by Gerhold K. Becker in association with James P. Buchanan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Becker, Gerhold K., 1943-

Buchanan, James Porter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Biotechnology.

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [1996]

Summary:

A collection of articles based on the November 1993 symposium, "Biotechnology and Ethics: Scientific Liberty and Moral Responsibility," exploring the ethical dilemmas involved in biotechnology. Topics include environmental and ethical considerations of genetically engineered plants and foods, clinical and ethical challenges of genetic markers for severe human hereditary disorders, and embryo transfer. For professionals in science, medicine, business, law, ethics, and activism. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Biotechnology

the new ethical frontier: an introduction / Gerhold K. Becker

Production, use and biosafety of genetically engineering resistance to plant virus diseases / Po Tien

Some environmental and ethical considerations of genetically engineered plants and foods / Philip L. Bereano

Sacrificed for science: are animal experiments morally defensible? / Raymond Wacks

Clinical and ethical challenges of genetic markers for severe human hereditary disorders / Rita Kielstein

Ethical considerations arising from economic aspects of human genetics / Edward S. Golub

Technology assessment, ethics and public policy in biotechnology: the case of the Human Genome Project / Joel Zimbelman

The Conflict between the advancement of medical science and technology and traditional Chinese medical ethics / Da-pu Shi and Lin Yu

In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: technological achievements and ethical concerns / Kazumasa Hoshino

Moral risk assessment in biotechnology / Hans-Martin Sass

Anthropology as the basis of bioethics / Reinhard Löw

Reflections on method in theology and genetics: from suspicion to critical cooperation / Anthony O. Dyson

Bioethics and genetics in Asia and the Pacific: is universal bioethics possible? / Darryl Macer

Future-perfect? Biotechnology and the ethics of the unknown: an afterword / James P. Buchanan.

Notes:

Articles out of the symposium "Biotechnology and Ethics: Scientific Liberty and Moral Responsibility" held in November of 1993; organized and sponsored by the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University in cooperation with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Goethe Institut.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9622094031

9789622094031

OCLC:

35078275