Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

Herausgeber: Sherlock, Richard; Morrey, John D.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 658
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1217g
• ISBN-13: 9780742513778
• ISBN-10: 0742513777
• Artikelnr.: 28113044

Autorenporträt

Richard Sherlock is professor of philosophy at Utah State University. John D. Morrey is research professor in the Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences at Utah State University. Professors Sherlock and Morrey team teach an undergraduate course on ethical issues in biotechnology at Utah State.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 I. Fundamental Issues of Ethics and Biotechnology
Chapter 3 How to Assess the Consequences of Genetic Engineering
Chapter 4 Redesigning the World: Ethical Questions About Genetic
Engineering
Chapter 5 "Playing God" and Invoking a Perspective
Chapter 6 Genetic Trespassing and Environmental Ethics
Part 7 II. Agricultural Biotechnology
Chapter 8 Differing Views of the Benefits and Risks of Agricultural
Biotechnology
Chapter 9 Risk and Risk Management
Chapter 10 Journey to the Origin: Biological Integrity and Agriculture
Chapter 11 Three Concepts of Genetic Trespassing
Chapter 12 Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the
Developing World
Chapter 13 Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security,
Protect the Environment, or Reduce Poverty in the Developing World
Part 14 III. Food Biotechnology
Chapter 15 The Scientific and Health Aspects of Genetically Modified Foods:
Rapporteurs' Summary
Chapter 16 The Safety of Foods Developed by Biotechnology
Chapter 17 Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops: Why We Need a
Global Moratorium
Chapter 18 Why We Need Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food
Chapter 19 Ethical Issues in Food Biotechnology
Part 20 IV. Animal Biotechnology
Chapter 21 A Critical View of the Genetic Engineering of Farm Animals
Chapter 22 The "Frankenstein Thing": The Moral Impact of Genetic
Engineering of Agricultural Animals on Society and Future Science
Chapter 23 On the Ethics of Using Animals for Human Benefit
Chapter 24 The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research
Chapter 25 Artificial Lives: Philosophical Dimensions of Farm Animal
Biotechnology
Chapter 26 Genetic Engineering as Animal Slavery
Chapter 27 Uncertainty in Xenotransplantation: Individual Benefit versus
Collective Risk
Chapter 28 Critical Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials with Xenotransplants
Part 29 V. Human Genetic Testing and Therapy
Chapter 30 Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of Genetic Testing
Chapter 31 Genetic Links, Family Ties, and Social Bonds: Rights and
Responsibilities in the Face of Genetic Knowledge
Chapter 32 Privacy and the Control of Genetic Information
Chapter 33 The Ethics of Somatic Cell Gene Therapy
Chapter 34 Human Inheritable Genetic Modifications: Assessing Scientific,
Ethical, Religious, and Policy Issues
Chapter 35 Germ-Line Genetic Engineering and Moral Diversity: Moral
Controversies in a Post-Christian World
Part 36 VI. Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research
Chapter 37 Human Cloning: Report and Recommendations of the Natioanl
Bioethics Advisory Commission
Chapter 38 The Wisdom of Repugnance
Chapter 39 Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning
Chapter 40 Stem Cell Research and Applications: Findings and
Recommendations
Chapter 41 On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally
and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy
Chapter 42 Suggestions for Further Study
Chapter 43 Study Cases