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Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press: 2003-08-21

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ISBN: 0801872316

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Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press: 2003-08-21

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ISBN: 0801872316

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Owning Scientific and Technical Information: Value and Ethical Issues

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Publisher: Rutgers University Press: 1989-12-01

Seller ID: M081351455XZ2

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In recent years, scientific discoveries and new technologies - as well as new, intricate relationships among academic researchers, government, and private industry - have begun to pose a whole range of novel problems in intellectual property rights. Should computer software be patented or copyrighted? How can ownership of plant varieties, genetically engineered organisms, and their products be protected? Should body parts and cell lines derived from them be patented? What is the impact of changes in intellectual property rights on the process of scientific research and development?
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Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press: 2003-08-21

Seller ID: M0801872316Z2

ISBN: 0801872316

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The Human Genome Project, discoveries in molecular biology and new reproductive technologies have advanced our understanding of how genetic science may be used to treat persons with genetic disorders. Greater knowledge may also make possible genetic interventions to enhance normal human characteristics, such as height, hair or eye colour, strength, or memory, as well as the transmittal of such modifications to future generations. The prospect of inheritable genetic modifications, or IGMs, whether for therapeutic or enhancement purposes, raises complex scientific, ethical and regulatory issues....
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Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis

By: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin

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Publisher: Springer: 1984-12-31

Seller ID: M9027718067Z4

ISBN: 9027718067

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If indeed scientists and technologists, especially economists, set much of the agenda by which the future is played out, and I think they do, then the student of scientific methodology and public ethics has at least three options. He can embrace certain scientific methods and the value they hold for social decisionmaking, much as Milton Friedman has accepted neoclassical econom- ics. Or, he can condemn them, regardless of their value, much as Stuart Hampshire has rejected risk-cost-benefit analysis (RCBA). Finally, he can critically assess these scientific methods and attempt to provide soluti...
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The Science and Politics of Racial Research

By: Tucker, William H.

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Publisher: University of Illinois Press: 1996-01-01

Seller ID: M0252065603Z3

ISBN: 0252065603

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Category: Science & Technology

Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

Owning Scientific and Technical Information: Value and Ethical Issues

Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of Genetic Modifications

Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis

The Science and Politics of Racial Research