Contested Reproduction: Genetic Technologies, Religion, and Public Debate - Couverture rigide

Evans, John H.

 
9780226222653: Contested Reproduction: Genetic Technologies, Religion, and Public Debate
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0226222659 ISBN 13 : 9780226222653
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

Scientific breakthroughs have led us to a point where soon we will be able to make specific choices about the genetic makeup of our offspring. In fact, this reality has arrived--and it is only a matter of time before the technology becomes widespread.

Much like past arguments about stem-cell research, the coming debate over these reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) will be both political and, for many people, religious. In order to understand how the debate will play out in the United States, John H. Evans conducted the first in-depth study of the claims made about RGTs by religious people from across the political spectrum, and Contested Reproduction is the stimulating result.

Some of the opinions Evans documents are familiar, but others--such as the idea that certain genetic conditions produce a "meaningful suffering" that is, ultimately, desirable--provide a fascinating glimpse of religious reactions to cutting-edge science. Not surprisingly, Evans discovers that for many people opinion on the issue closely relates to their feelings about abortion, but he also finds a shared moral language that offers a way around the unproductive polarization of the abortion debate and other culture-war concerns. Admirably evenhanded, Contested Reproduction is a prescient, profound look into the future of a hot-button issue.

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À propos de l?auteur

John H. Evans is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of Playing God? Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226222659
ISBN 13 
9780226222653
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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