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Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life: Taking Public Fears Seriously

Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life: Taking Public Fears Seriously

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PhilosophyMedical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0754660443
ISBN13: 9780754660446
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 28 2007
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Genetic engineering is still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Yet many scientists are puzzled about the public concern over a technology that, in their view, promises great benefits to humans and does not seem to cause more harm to animals than other practices which are rarely questioned. In this book, Michael Hauskeller takes public fears seriously and offers the idea of 'biological integrity' as a clarifying principle which can then be analyzed to show that seemingly irrational public concerns about genetic engineering are not so irrational and that a philosophically sound justification of those concerns can indeed be given.

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