Screen LibrarySynthetic biology and morality : artificial life and the bounds of nature /
"Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions--first and foremost,...
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basic bioethics
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| Summary: |
"Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions--first and foremost, whether synthetic biology is intrinsically troubling in moral terms. Is it an egregious example of scientists "playing God"? Synthetic Biology and Morality takes on this threshold ethical question, as well as others that follow, offering a range of philosophical and political perspectives on the power |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 214 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262019392 (alkaline paper) 0262019396 (alkaline paper) 9780262519595 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 0262519593 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | QH332 |
| CLC: | Q81-05 |
| Call Number: | Q81-05/S993-3 |