Justine Burley / John Harris

Broschiertes Buch

A Companion to Genethics

Beschreibung

The completion of the human genome project in 2000 dramatically emphasized the imminent success of the genetic revolution. The ethical and social consequences of this scientific development are immense. From human reproduction to life-extending therapies, from the impact on gender and race to public health and public safety, there is scarcely a part of our lives left unaffected by the impact of the new genetics. A Companion to Genethics is the first substantial study of the multifaceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social, and political significance. It brings together the best and most influential contemporary writing about genethics. Newly commissioned essays from prominent figures in the current debate provide a wide-ranging and fascinating scholarly analysis of all the issues that arise from this explosive science.

Autor

Justine Burley is Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. Most recently, she was a Lecturer at the University of Oxford. She served as Fellow of the Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics (1995-1998) at Oxford and as Simon Fellow at the University of Manchester (1998-2002). She is editor of The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights (1999) and Dworkin and His Critics (Blackwell, 2004). John Harris is Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester where he is also Director of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and Academic Director of the Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics. He is the author of Violence and Responsibility (1980), The Value of Life (1985), Wonderwoman and Superman (1992), and Clones, Genes and Immortality (1998). He has also co-edited Experiments on Embryos (1990), Ethics and Biotechnology (1994), and The Future of Human Reproduction (1998).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 489
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 912g
• ISBN-13: 9781405120289
• ISBN-10: 1405120282
• Artikelnr.: 22398145

Rezensionen

"The editors are to be congratulated on compiling such astimulating and provocative volume. This is for those who wish toexamine the basis of human bioethics thoroughly, whether they benovice or expert. Those who think they have clear attitudes to manyof the ethical and social issues raised by developments in humangenetics are likely to be forced to rethink at least some of theirpositions by the challenging and well-presented arguments that havebeen gathered together here."

Angus Clarke, University ofWales

"This timely book makes clear that genetic research willtransform healthcare, choices about children, and standards ofproperty. The contributors here stake out key questions facinghealth professionals and social policy makers, and they haveinsightful things to say about how we should go about answeringthose questions."

Timothy F. Murphy, University ofIllinoisCollege of Medicine atChicago

" ... Genethics makes some important contributions,offering a primer on key aspects of contemporary genetics beforefocusing on some of the most important ethical, legal, economic,political issues facing researchers, politicians, and, to someextent, the general population ... The book's strengths are itsmultidisciplinary approach, the overall quality of itscontributions, and the refusal of most contributors to oversimplifyand risk the microdeterminism of many popular essays."Choice