Behavioral genetics : the clash of culture and biology / / edited by Ronald A. Carson and Mark A. Rothstein

• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89/042
• Soggetto topico: Behavior genetics; Genetics - Sociological aspects
• Altri autori: CarsonRonald A. <1940-> RothsteinMark A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure ; 9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: "Throughout, the authors focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when science turns out to be good." -- Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics "The finest currently available as an introduction to the issues that are involved in, and arise because of, the revival in behavioral genetics research." -- Religious Studies Review.
• Titolo autorizzato: Behavioral genetics
• ISBN: 0-8018-7492-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822969503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II