Michael Hauskeller

Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life

Taking Public Fears Seriously

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781138265448
• ISBN-10: 1138265446
• Artikelnr.: 57044395

Autorenporträt

Michael Hauskeller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Philosopy, University of Exeter, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Tampering with Nature
3. Integrity and Dignity
4. Types and Forms of Integrity
5. Platonic Justice and Aristotelian Virtue
6. Telos
7. Integrity as Bonitas
8. Faith and Morality
9. Integrity and the Reification of Life
10. Genetic Essentialism
11. Moral and Aesthetic Concerns
12. Moral Disgust
Bibliography
Index