Title Altering nature / B. Andrew Lustig, Baruch A. Brody, Gerald P. McKenny, editors

Published [United States] : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations Series Philosophy and medicine ; v. 97, 98 Philosophy and medicine ; v. 97, 98. Contents v. 1. Concepts of 'nature' and 'the natural' in biotechnology debates -- v. 2. Religion, biotechnology, and public policy Summary This volume analyzes concepts of nature and a the naturala (TM) in discussions of biotechnology with four broad concerns in mind. First, it surveys the recent history of biotechnology debates and identifies characteristic reactions and approaches to new biotechnological developments that invoke appeals to nature. Second, it analyzes concepts of nature and a the naturala (TM) as they are invoked and interpreted in five characteristic modes of discourse; viz., spirituality and religion, philosophy, science and medicine, law and economics, and aesthetics. Third, it identifies a core cluster of on Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Bioethics. Philosophy of nature. Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects Biotechnology -- Religious aspects. Biotechnology -- Political aspects Religion and science. Bioethical Issues Biotechnology -- ethics Bionics -- ethics Genetic Engineering -- ethics Religion and Science Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- ethics Sciences humaines. Sciences sociales. Religion and science Bioethics Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects Biotechnology -- Political aspects Biotechnology -- Religious aspects Philosophy of nature Religion. Politik. Naturphilosophie. Bioethik. Biotechnologie. Form Electronic book Author Lustig, B. Andrew Brody, Baruch A McKenny, Gerald P ISBN 9781402069208 1402069200 9781402069222 1402069227 9781402069239 1402069235 9781402069215 1402069219

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