03440oam 2200601I 450 991077985580332120210303145249.00-262-31496-7(CKB)2550000001106592(EBL)3339645(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174617(OCoLC)855585446(OCoLC)864822101(OCoLC)958400116(OCoLC)967259744(OCoLC)1058973696(OCoLC)1064737557(OCoLC)1071531693(OCoLC)1081141371(OCoLC)1082213453(OCoLC-P)855585446(MaCbMITP)9669(MiAaPQ)EBC3339645(EXLCZ)99255000000110659220130812d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSynthetic biology and morality artificial life and the bounds of nature /edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick and Thomas H. MurrayCambridge, Massachusetts :MIT Press,[2013]1 online resource (223 p.)Basic bioethicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-51959-3 1-299-75706-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Introduction; I The Human Relationship to Nature; 1 Appeals to Nature and the Natural in Debates about Synthetic Biology; 2 Creating Life: Synthetic Biology and Ethics; 3 Engineered Microbes in Industry and Science: A New Human Relationship to Nature?; II The Value of Synthetic Organisms; 4 Lessons from Environmental Ethics about the Intrinsic Value of Synthetic Life; 5 Three Puzzles Regarding the Moral Status of Synthetic Organisms; 6 Synthetic Bacteria, Natural Processes, and Intrinsic Value; III Values and Public Policy; 7 Synthetic Biology and Public Reason8 Biotechnology as Cultural Meaning: Reflections on the Moral Reception of Synthetic Biology9 "Teaching Humanness" Claims in Synthetic Biology and Public Policy Bioethics; About the Authors; IndexSynthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behaviour. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions - first and foremost, whether synthetic biology is intrinsically troubling in moral terms. Is it an egregious example of scientists 'playing God'? This book takes on this key ethical question, as well as others that follow, offering a range of philosophical and political perspectives on the power of synthetic biology.Basic BioethicsBioethicsBioengineeringMoral and ethical aspectsSynthetic biologyMoral and ethical aspectsArtificial lifeMoral and ethical aspectsPHILOSOPHY/Ethics & BioethicsPHILOSOPHY/GeneralBIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/GeneralBioethics.BioengineeringMoral and ethical aspects.Synthetic biologyMoral and ethical aspects.Artificial lifeMoral and ethical aspects.174.2Kaebnick Gregory E.OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910779855803321Synthetic biology and morality3736160UNINA