A companion to genethics
By: edited by Justine Burley and John Harris.
Contributors: Burley, Justine.; Harris, John, 1945-
Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy -- 21
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
Subjects: Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stem Cells -- C.N. Svendsen; title: Gene therapy for neurological disorders: new therapies or human experimentation? -- P.R. Lowenstein; title: Cloning in biology and medicine: clinical opportunities and ethical concerns -- Ian Wilmut; title: The genetics of old age -- Thomas B.L. Kirkwood; title: The ethical legacy of Nazi medical war crimes: origins, human experiments, and international justice -- Paul Weindling; title: Biotechnology and animals: ethical issues in genetic engineering and cloning -- Bernard E. Rollin; title: The role of informed consent in genetic experimentation -- Søren Holm; title: Testing children and adolescents -- Dorothy Wertz; title: Genetic testing of children: who should consent? -- Lainie Friedman Ross; title: Mapping the human genome and the meaning of "monster mythology" -- George J. Annas; title: The moral status of the gene -- Mary Anne Warren; title: The ethical use of human embryonic stem cells in research and therapy -- John Harris; title: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryo selection -- Bonnie Steinbock; title: Individual autonomy and genetic choice -- Matthew Clayton; title: Cloning and public policy -- Ruth Macklin; title: Sex selection: the feminist response -- Diemut Bubeck; title: Creating perfect people -- Philip Kitcher; title: Genetics and personal identity -- Carol Rovane; title: Genetic determinism and gene selectionism -- Richard Dawkins; title: The Darwin wars and the human self-image -- Janet Radcliffe Richards; title: Religion and gene therapy: the end of one debate, the beginning of another -- Gerald P. Mckenny; title: "Race," genetics, and human difference -- Hussein Kassim; title: Self-ownership, begetting, and germline information -- Hillel Steiner; title: Justice, genetics, and lifestyles -- Inez De Beaufort; title: Commercial exploitation of the human genome -- Ruth Chadwick, -- Adam Hedgecoe; title: Forensic DNA typing -- David Wassermann; title: Privacy and genetics -- Madison Powers; title: DNA banking: a retrospective-prospective -- Bartha Maria Knoppers; title: Genetic difference in the workplace -- Michael S. Yesley; title: The insurance market and discriminatory practices -- Tom Sorell; title: Legal and ethical issues in biotechnology patenting -- Pilar Ossorio; title: Are genes inventions? An ethical analysis of gene patents -- Mark Sagoff; title: Property, patents, and genetic material -- Stephen R. Munzer; title: Genetic screening from a public health perspective: three "ethical" principles-- Scott Burris,-- Lawrence O. Gostin.