Responsible Genetics: The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research
Author:   A. Nordgren
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   70
ISBN:  

9781402002014


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Responsible Genetics: The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research


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The volume addresses a number of well-known issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - but does so from a perspective that has received almost no attention: the perspective of the scientific community itself. The rhetoric of ""scientific responsibility"" is prominent in many discussions of genetic research ethics, but the concept is seldom defined. This book provides a more precise analysis of what it could mean. In distinction to what is common in the ELSI literature, the book also discusses bioethical method. A new kind of casuistry is developed on the basis of the empirical findings of cognitive semantics. The book should be of interest to philosophers, bioethicists, and geneticists. Because it addresses broad policy issues, it should also be of interest to science policymakers.

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Author:   A. Nordgren
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   70
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.320kg
ISBN:  

9781402002014


ISBN 10:   1402002017
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Moral Responsibility and Moral Imagination.- 2. Moral Responsibility in Science.- 3. The Human Genome Project: Justification, Promotion, and Access to Results.- 4. Gene Hunting, Genetic Testing, and Genetically Tailor-Made Drugs.- 5. Genetic Modification of Humans and Laboratory Animals.- 6. Eugenics and the Long Term Goals of Reprogenetic Medicine.

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