Biotechnology and the human good [[electronic resource] /] / C. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 174/.96606
• Soggetto topico: Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; Values
• Altri autori: MitchellC. Ben
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 im
• Titolo autorizzato: Biotechnology and the human good
• ISBN: 1-58901-276-3; 1-4356-2738-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778335103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II