Nature, risk and responsibility
Subtitle: discourses of biotechnology
By: edited by Patrick O'Mahony ; consultant editor: Jo Campling.
Contributors: O'Mahony, Patrick, 1957-
Publisher: Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Social aspects.; Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Description: "Nature, Risk and Responsibility: Discourses of Biotechnology explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and prospective implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation and employ a wide range of social theories to evaluate risks and propose responses. A common theme running through the collection is the interplay of discourses of opportunity, risk and responsibility."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.