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Behavioral genetics : the clash of culture and biology / edited by Ronald A. Carson and Mark A. Rothstein.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Carson, Ronald A., 1940-
Rothstein, Mark A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Behavior genetics.
Genetics--Sociological aspects.
Genetics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Throughout, the authors focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when science turns out to be good." -- Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics "The finest currently available as an introduction to the issues that are involved in, and arise because of, the revival in behavioral genetics research." -- Religious Studies Review.
Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure
9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-8018-7492-0
OCLC:
923191166

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