03576nam 22006974a 450 991081824320332120240410081202.01-283-64185-21-134-52756-X97866101112371-280-11123-20-203-99511-2(CKB)1000000000250229(EBL)235211(OCoLC)475942816(SSID)ssj0000161510(PQKBManifestationID)11155983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161510(PQKBWorkID)10198020(PQKB)11093737(MiAaPQ)EBC235211(MiAaPQ)EBC5292644(Au-PeEL)EBL235211(CaPaEBR)ebr10099404(CaONFJC)MIL395435(Au-PeEL)EBL5292644(CaONFJC)MIL11123(OCoLC)824529496(EXLCZ)99100000000025022920020701d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGenes a philosophical inquiry /Gordon Graham1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20021 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-25258-X 0-415-25257-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.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 screeningGenetic 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'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 guide to a debate none of us can afford to ignore.Beginning with a much-needed overview of the relationship between science and technology, Gordon Graham lucidly explains and assesses the most important and controversial aspects of the genes debate: Darwinian theory and its critics, the idea of the 'selfish' gene, evolutionary psychology, memes, genetic screening and modification, including the risks of cloning and 'designer'GenesPhilosophyGenetic engineeringPhilosophyGenetic engineeringEnvironmental aspectsGenesPhilosophy.Genetic engineeringPhilosophy.Genetic engineeringEnvironmental aspects.174/.25Graham Gordon1949 July 15-246232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818243203321Genes980610UNINA