Humanbiotechnology As Social Challenge: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Bioethics

Knoepffler, Nikolaus (Editor)/ Schipanski, Dagmar (Editor)/ Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0754657558 / ISBN 13: 9780754657552

Published by Ashgate Pub Co, 2007

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1st edition. 173 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0754657558

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Title: Humanbiotechnology As Social Challenge: An ...

Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis:

Humanbiotechnology has progressed immensely, and humanbiotechnological research has entered a crucial stage. This collection of essays is a significant and original contribution to the public debate on humanbiotechnology and its ethical and social ramifications. Interdisciplinary in composition this volume brings together leading academics in the fields of biology, law, theology, ethics and sociology to share their viewpoints and insights and to promote exchange between disciplines and convey facts and opinions to the wider public on this increasingly important area of technological development and ethical interest. Eschewing analysis on pragmatic or utilitarian grounds the essays in this collection are informed by the key ethical concept of 'human dignity' which has been central to the continental debate on human bioethics and is gaining in importance for the debate in the anglophone world.

About the Author:

Nikolaus Knoepffler is Chair of Applied Ethics at the University of Jena, Germany. Dagmar Schipanski is Minister of Science, Research, and Art in Thuringia, Germany. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is Lecturer in Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Jena, Germany.