02622nam 2200601 a 450 991045217450332120200520144314.01-58901-276-31-4356-2738-5(CKB)1000000000482862(EBL)547747(OCoLC)646788664(SSID)ssj0000277348(PQKBManifestationID)11225224(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277348(PQKBWorkID)10234581(PQKB)10729686(MiAaPQ)EBC547747(OCoLC)369770086(MdBmJHUP)muse3261(Au-PeEL)EBL547747(CaPaEBR)ebr10236777(EXLCZ)99100000000048286220060628d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiotechnology and the human good[electronic resource] /C. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.]Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20061 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58901-138-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The rapidly changing world of biotechnology -- Humanity and the technological narrative -- Biotechnology and competing worldviews -- Biotechnology and human dignity -- Biotechnology and the quest for control -- Biotechnology, human enhancement, and the ends of medicine.Some of humankind's greatest tools have been forged in the research laboratory. Who could argue that medical advances like antibiotics, blood transfusions, and pacemakers have not improved the quality of people's lives? But with each new technological breakthrough there comes an array of consequences, at once predicted and unpredictable, beneficial and hazardous. Outcry over recent developments in the reproductive and genetic sciences has revealed deep fissures in society's perception of biotechnical progress. Many are concerned that reckless technological development, driven by consumerist imBiotechnologyMoral and ethical aspectsMedical ethicsValuesElectronic books.BiotechnologyMoral and ethical aspects.Medical ethics.Values.174/.96606Mitchell C. Ben886891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452174503321Biotechnology and the human good1980574UNINA