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200 00$aBiotechnology and the human good$b[electronic resource] /$fC. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.]
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (225 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-58901-138-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $aSome 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 im
606   $aBiotechnology$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aMedical ethics
606   $aValues
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aBiotechnology$xMoral and ethical aspects.
615  0$aMedical ethics.
615  0$aValues.
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