LEADER 03532nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910818457003321 005 20240416234652.0 010 $a1-280-21461-9 010 $a9786610214617 010 $a0-309-59483-9 010 $a0-585-02636-X 035 $a(CKB)110986584750848 035 $a(OCoLC)42329227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10056868 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216226 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176724 035 $a(PQKB)11351124 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376593 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056868 035 $a(OCoLC)923264993 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584750848 100 $a20040924d1989 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShaping the future $ebiology and human values /$fSteve Olson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1989 215 $a1 online resource (126 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $a"Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council." 311 $a0-309-03947-9 327 $aSHAPING 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. 327 $aPopulation and Wealth -- Biology and the Future -- Index. 606 $aBiology 606 $aBioethics 615 0$aBiology. 615 0$aBioethics. 676 $a574 700 $aOlson$b Steve$f1956-$0488724 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818457003321 996 $aShaping the future$93967036 997 $aUNINA