Taking biology seriously : what biology can and cannot tell us about moral and public policy issues / Inmaculada de Melo-Martín.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melo-Martín, Inmaculada de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human genetics--Social aspects.

Human genetics.

Human biology--Social aspects.

Human biology.

Cloning--Social aspects.

Cloning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2005]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

1. Misunderstanding biology : epistemological, scientific, and moral problems

2. Biological explanations and social responsibility

3. An introduction to the science of cloning

4. Cloning, or not, human beings

5. Putting human cloning where it belongs

6. Obtaining genetic information

7. Genetic information and moral obligations

8. Moral obligations, genetic information, and social context

9. On the need to take biology seriously.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies (pages 135-156) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4617-1150-9

OCLC:

861080867