Genetic Engineering: Science and Ethics on the New Frontier - Couverture souple

Boylan Series Editor Basic Ethics In Action Series, Michael; Brown, Kevin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130910856 ISBN 13 : 9780130910851

Editeur : Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For courses in Medical and Applied Ethics.

This text introduces students to important ethical issues that arise in the realm of genetic engineering. It provides the basic science and ethical analysis necessary to assess central issues confronting our society in this emerging area of research. At the end, students will be able to formulate their own positions on these crucial issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Boylan (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of philosophy at Marymount University. He is the author of Basic Ethics, an essay on normative and applied ethics. He has also written or edited ten books in philosophy and has published over sixty articles.

Kevin Brown (M.D., Cambridge University), MRCP, FRCPath, is a Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health. He has authored or co-authored over seventy articles and has lectured widely on his work concerning the role of viruses as agents of disease and tools for gene therapy.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Genetic Engineering: Science and Ethics on the New Frontier is a book that combines cutting-edge science and original, insightful ethical analysis on one of the defining problems of our age. Boylan expands and develops his worldview ethical theory, and Brown sets out the new biology in precise and readable language. This book is both a primer o n the current science and a thoughtful exposition into the ethical implications of these new discoveries upon our lives.

Within this book's modest parameters are:

• An introduction to relevant ethical concepts
• A miniature textbook in microbiology
• An exposition on the limits of science
• An integrated discussion of ethics and biology on the central issues of the currant research

Genetic Engineering: Science and Ethics on the New Frontier is the fifth book in the series, Basic Ethics in Action (a major new undertaking by Prentice Hall covering: Social and Political Philosophy. Medical Ethics, Business Ethics, and Environmental Ethics.)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130910856
• ISBN 13: 9780130910851
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie