Research Catalog

Title

The new genetics : challenges for science, faith, and politics / by Roger Lincoln Shinn.

Author

Shinn, Roger Lincoln.

Publication

Wakefield, R.I. : Moyer Bell, [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Description

175 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In the extensive, controversial literature about the genome project and genetic engineering, The New Genetics occupies a distinctive niche. It uses the startling new discoveries in genetics as a case study for the many ethical decisions generated by the explosion of new scientific knowledge and power." "Shinn investigates the interactions of science, ethics, faith, politics, and ideology in the making of decisions by individuals, communities, and governments. The New Genetics addresses the difficult problems facing all of us - from policy makers to ordinary families."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Human Genome Project
• Ethics, Medical
• Human Genome Project Moral and ethical aspects
• Genetics, Medical

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-170) and index.

Contents

Ch. I. Introduction: Two Purposes -- Ch. II. Excitement and Perplexity -- The First Great Leap -- The Explosion of Knowledge -- The Human Genome Project and ELSI -- Decisions, Present and Future -- Keeping up to Date -- Ch. III. Nature, Nurture, and Freedom -- Nature and Nurture -- Determinism, Chance, and Freedom -- The Oddity of IQ -- Ch. IV. Science, Ethics, and Faith, in Public Policy -- A Triangular Model -- The Power of Ideology -- The Role of Religious Communities in Public Policy -- Ch. V. Healing, Enhancing, and Distorting the Human -- The Disturbing Question of Norms -- Warnings -- The Interaction of Biology and Culture -- Some Clues to Human Norms -- Ch. VI. A Crucial Issue: Modification of Germline Cells -- The Issue and the Spectrum of Opinions -- Scientific Issues in Current Debates -- Issues of Purpose and Values -- Playing God -- Ch. VII. Coda.

ISBN

• 1559211717 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 1559211725 (paper : acid-free paper)

LCCN

95043419

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries