The Ethics of inheritable genetic modification : a dividing line? / edited by John E. Rasko, Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan, Rachel A. Ankeny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rasko, John E. J.

O'Sullivan, Gabrielle.

Ankeny, Rachel A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genetic engineering.

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Biotechnology.

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Biotechnology--ehtics.

Medical Subjects:

Genetic Engineering--ethics.

Biotechnology--ehtics.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

These provicative questions, and their possible answers from biomedical science, ethics, sociology and philosophy, are the subject of this searching investigation. In seeking to establish whether inheritable genetic modification is the new dividing line in gene therapy, the editors, themselves representing clinical medicine, public health and biomedical ethics, have brought together a distinguished team of scientists and scholars to address the issues from the perspectives of biological and social science, law and ethics. Their purpose is to consider how society might deal with the ethical concerns raised by inheritable genetic modification, and to re-examine prevailing views about whether these kinds of interventions will ever be ethically and socially justifiable. The book also provides background to define the field, and discusses the biological and technological potential for inheritable genetic modification, its limitations, and its connection with gene therapy, cloning and other reproductive interventions.

For scientists, bioethicists, clinicians, counsellors and public commentators, this is an essential contribution to one of the critical debates in current genetics.

Contents:

Foreword: shopping at the genetic supermarket / Peter Singer xiii

1 Is inheritable genetic modification the new dividing line? / John E.J. Rasko, Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan, Rachel A. Ankeny 1

2 The science of inheritable genetic modification / John E.J. Rasko, Douglas J. Jolly 17

3 Nuclear cloning, embryonic stem cells, and gene transfer / Rudolf Jaenisch 35

4 Controlling bodies and creating monsters: popular perceptions of genetic modifications / Christoph Rehmann-Sutter 57

5 Inheritable genetic modification as moral responsibility in a creative universe / Denis Kenny 77

6 Ethics and welfare issues in animal genetic modification / Gabrielle M. O'Sullivan 103

7 Radical rupture: exploring biologic sequelae of volitional inheritable genetic modification / Francoise Baylis, Jason Scott Robert 131

8 "Alter-ing" the human species? Misplaced essentialism in science policy / Eric T. Juengst 149

9 Traditional and feminist bioethical perspectives on gene transfer: is inheritable genetic modification really the problem? / Rosemarie Tong 159

10 Inheritable genetic modification and disability: normality and identity / Jackie Leach Scully 175

11 Regulating inheritable genetic modification, or policing the fertile scientific imagination? A feminist legal response / Isabel Karpin, Roxanne Mykitiuk 193

12 Inheritable genetic modification: clinical applications and genetic counseling considerations / Joan A. Scott 223

13 Can bioethics speak to politics about the prospect of inheritable genetic modification? If so, what might it say? / Roberta M. Berry 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521822770

0521822777

0521529735

OCLC:

68705541

Publisher Number:

9780521822770 (hbk.)

9780521529730 (pbk.)