Genethics – Clash Between the new Genetics & Human Values: The Clash between the New Genetics and Human Values - Hardcover

Suzuki, D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674345657 ISBN 13: 9780674345652

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Developments in the field of genetics (including, but not limited to, human genetics) have brought into being (or at least into the realm of plausibility) a "genetic engineering" which is widely perceived to pose a diverse assortment of intricately tangled and in many respects novel ethical problem

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First-rate. -- Bentley Glass "Quarterly Review of Biology" This book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon. Suzuki and Knudtson do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas to a nonscientific audience, as well as covering enough detail to satisfy those with a scientific background. Their presentation is balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. [This] book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon. beauty of science...To the authors' credit, they have written an excellent book that, if widely read, will provide much of the technical education and ethical sensitization needed to broaden public debate. [Suzuki and Knudtson] do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas to a nonscientific audience, as well as covering enough detail to satisfy those with a scientific background. [Their] presentation is balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. First-rate.--Bentley Glass "Quarterly Review of Biology " In standard biomedical texts, mechanical processes such as replication and transcription are described with excruciating dryness. Here, metaphors animate the narrative, restoring through art some of the natural beauty of science...To the authors' credit, they have written an excellent book that, if widely read, will provide much of the technical education and ethical sensitization needed to broaden public debate.--Richard C. Hermann "Journal of the American Medical Association " The discussion of genetic science is commendably clear. Suzuki and Knudtson, good writers as they are, do not merely recite the facts but tell stories that put flesh on the bones.--Thomas H. Murray "Medical Humanities Journal "

From the Back Cover

'Genethics' is the most lucid and authoritative guide for general readers to modern genetic technology and the myriad ethical issues it raises.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674345657
• ISBN 13: 9780674345652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384