|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910818243203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Graham Gordon <1949 July 15-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Genes : a philosophical inquiry / / Gordon Graham |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-283-64185-2 |
1-134-52756-X |
9786610111237 |
1-280-11123-2 |
0-203-99511-2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (209 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Genes - Philosophy |
Genetic engineering - Philosophy |
Genetic engineering - Environmental aspects |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
GENES A philosophical inquiry; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Science and the self-image of the age; Icon and understanding; The fractured image: Einstein vs Frankenstein; Science; Technology; Anti-science; Explaining things; Engineering things; Pure and applied science; 2 Genetic explanation; Evolution and creationism; Natural selection and 'the selfish gene'; Survival of the fittest; Altruism, homosexuality and sterility; Irreducible complexity and the biochemical; Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology; Taking stock; Memetics; 3 Genetic engineering; Genetic screening |
Genetic informationGenetic modification; Environmentalism; The precautionary principle; Genetic research; The 'slippery slope' and the 'sanctity of life'; 4 Playing God; Secular versions of the sacred; Genetic trespassing; Rights and equality; Human cloning; Stem cell production; Reproductive technologies; Designer babies and eugenics; Procreative responsibility and the ethics of abortion; 'Playing God' without God; Bibliography; Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
'It's all in the genes'. Is this true, and if so, what is all in the genes? Genes: A Philosophical Inquiry is a crystal clear and highly informative |
|
|
|
|