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Genetic prospects : essays on biotechnology, ethics, and public policy / edited by Verna V. Gehring.

Contributor(s): Gehring, Verna V
Material type: TextTextSeries: Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy studies: Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: vii, 132 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0742533352 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780742533356 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 306.4/6 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Genetic engineering and the concept of the natural / Mark Sagoff -- Unnatural farming and the debate over genetic manipulation / Paul B. Thompson -- Genetic engineering and our human nature / Harold W. Baillie -- Normal humans, human nature, and genetic lessons / Robert Wachbroit -- Finessing nature / Richard M. Zaner -- Stem cell research and the legacy of abortion -- Robert Wachbroit -- What makes genetic discrimination exceptional? / Deborah Hellman -- My fair baby : what's wrong with parents genetically enhancing their children? / David Wasserman -- The ethics of making the body beautiful : what cosmetic genetics can learn from cosmetic surgery / Sara Goering.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic engineering and the concept of the natural / Mark Sagoff -- Unnatural farming and the debate over genetic manipulation / Paul B. Thompson -- Genetic engineering and our human nature / Harold W. Baillie -- Normal humans, human nature, and genetic lessons / Robert Wachbroit -- Finessing nature / Richard M. Zaner -- Stem cell research and the legacy of abortion -- Robert Wachbroit -- What makes genetic discrimination exceptional? / Deborah Hellman -- My fair baby : what's wrong with parents genetically enhancing their children? / David Wasserman -- The ethics of making the body beautiful : what cosmetic genetics can learn from cosmetic surgery / Sara Goering.

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