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This book is a collection of essays by scientists, historians, philosophers of science, and students. The essays meld biotechnology into science fiction stories and thereby open a conversation about the morality of what we may be one day, and what it may mean to be human as our biotechnological endeavors continue to evolve. The biotechnology revolution, launched on a global scale many decades ago, has taken a direct course toward re-creating life. Yet there are still many choices to be made in shaping the future that it may one day make possible. The book motivates readers toward deep reflection and continual discourse, which are essential if biotechnology is to evolve in ethical, meaningful, and sustainable ways.

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Rosalyn W. Berne earned her PhD in religious studies, with a focus on bioethics, at the University of Virginia, USA. As associate professor of science, technology and society at the University of Virginia s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Prof. Berne teaches courses in science, technology and contemporary issues and engineering in western culture, as well as courses in technology and human reproduction. She is recipient of the National Science Foundation Career Award which for five years supported her research on ethics in nanotechnology development. Her research interests focus particularly on the role and function of the moral imagination, personal belief, mythology, and metaphor in the pursuit of technological development. Seeing the capacity of science fiction to provoke reflection and moral imagination, she both writes and teaches that genre.

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