Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society - Philosophy and Medicine - Lisa S Parker - Livros - Springer-Verlag New York Inc. - 9781402010408 - 31 de dezembro de 2002
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Lisa S Parker
Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society - Philosophy and Medicine 2002 edition

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This volume employs philosophical and historical perspectives to shed light on classic social, ethical, and philosophical issues raised with renewed urgency against the backdrop of the mapping of the human genome.

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction; L. S. Parker, R. A. Ankeny. Part One: Historical Reflections on Core Concepts. 2. The Classical Gene: Its Nature and Its Legacy; G. E. Allen. 3. Dissolving Dominance; D. Allchin. 4. Flies, Genes, and Brains: Oskar Vogt, Nicolai Timofeeff-Resovsky, and the Origin of the Concepts of Penetrance and Expressivity; M. D. Laubichler, S. Sarkar. 5. From Reproductive Responsibility to Reproductive Autonomy; D. Paul. Part Two: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Science. 6. Understanding Genetic Causation and Its Implications for Ethical Issues Concerning Medical Genetics; F. Gifford. 7. Reduction Reconceptualized: Cystic Fibrosis as a Paradigm Case for Molecular Medicine; R. A. Ankeny. 8. Scylla and Charibdis: Adaptationism, Reductionism, and the Fallacy of Equating Race with Disease; J. L. Graves Jr. 9. Behavior as Affliction: Common Frameworks of Behavior Genetics and Its Rivals; H. E. Longino. Part Three: Explorations of Ethical, Social, and Legal Consequences. 10. The Morality of Prenatal Testing and Selective Abortion: Clarifying the Expressivist Objection; L. Carlson. 11. Meliorism at the Millennium: Positive Molecular Eugenics and the Promise of Progress without Excess; A. Silvers. 12. Personal Identity and the Moral Appraisal of Prenatal Therapy; D. Wasserman. 13. Conceptual and Moral Problems of Genetic and Non-Genetic Preventive Interventions; 14. Unraveling the Codes: The Dialectic between Knowledge of the Moral Person and Knowledge of the Genetic Person in Criminal Law; J. H. Robinson, R. M. Berry. Notes on Contributors. Index."

Mídia Livros     Hardcover Book   (Livro com lombada e capa dura)
Lançado 31 de dezembro de 2002
ISBN13 9781402010408
Editoras Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Páginas 333
Dimensões 152 × 229 × 23 mm   ·   644 g
Idioma Inglês  
Editor Ankeny, Rachel A.
Editor Parker, L.S.

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