Shaping the future : biology and human values / / Steve Olson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818457003321
• Autore: Olson Steve <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• ISBN: 1-280-21461-9; 9786610214617; 0-309-59483-9; 0-585-02636-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Disciplina: 574
• Soggetti: Biology; Bioethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.; "Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council."
• Nota di contenuto: SHAPING THE FUTURE -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- THE MOLECULAR REVOLUTION -- COMMON THEMES -- Chapter 1 - Genetics and the Human Genome -- Genetics and Disease -- Tracking Disease to Its Source -- Putting Genes on a Map -- A Genetic Scalpel -- RFLPs and Disease Diagnosis -- The Price of Knowledge -- From Mapping to Sequencing -- Prospects for Human Gene Therapy -- ESSAY-SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS FROM THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE -- The Uses of Knowledge -- Science and Myth -- A Mechanistic View of Nature -- An Agenda for Scientists -- Chapter 2 - Biological Development and Cancer -- Unifying Concepts -- Inside an Egg -- Communication Among Cells -- Development Gone Awry: Cancer -- ESSAY-ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF HUMAN MATERIALS -- The Inadequacy of Simple Rules -- The Social Dimension of Ethics -- The Origins of Social Values -- The Need for Equity -- Chapter 3 - Neuroscience and Neuronal Replacement -- High-Level Versus Intermediate-Level Functions -- The Visual World -- Vision in an Association Area -- A Sense of Where You Are -- Representations of the World -- Neural Regeneration in Canaries -- New Neurons or Old? ; -- The Birthplace of New Neurons -- Implications for Other Species -- ESSAY-The Evolution of Ethics -- Normative Ethics and Metaethics -- Competition and Cooperation -- The Kinds of Kindness -- Evolutionary Justice -- Implications of a Biological Morality -- Chapter 4 - Evolution and the Biosphere -- The Evolution of Proteins -- A Molecular Clock -- An Erratic Clock -- The Value of Molecular Clocks -- Two Periods of Life -- Bacteria and the Atmosphere -- An Oxygenic Atmosphere -- A Modern View -- ESSAY-Preserving Biological Diversity -- Measures of Diversity -- Diversity in the Tropics -- Linking Development and Conservation -- Approaches to Conservation -- The Role of Biologists -- Afterword.; Population and Wealth -- Biology and the Future -- Index.