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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455445503321

Titolo

Ethics and biotechnology / / edited by Anthony Dyson and John Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-87462-6

1-280-33838-5

9786610338382

0-203-01544-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Social ethics and policy

Altri autori (Persone)

DysonAnthony Oakley

HarrisJohn <1945->

Disciplina

174/.9574

Soggetti

Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

The development of biotechnology has produced nothing short of a revolution, both in our capacity to manipulate living things from single plant cells to human nature itself, but also to manufacture brand new life forms. This power to shape and create forms of life has sometimes been described as the power to ""play God"" and this book is about the ethics of ""playing God"" in the field of biotechnology. International scholars cover moral dilemmas posed by biotechnology, from the smallest cells through animals to the engineering of human beings.