Gebundenes Buch

Designer Biology

The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

Herausgeber: Sandler, Ronald L; Basl, John

Beschreibung

This book consists of thirteen chapters that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.

Autor

John Basl is assistant professor of philosophy at Northeastern University and cofounder of Philosophy TV (http://philostv.com). Ronald L. Sandler is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University, and also director of Northeastern's Ethics Institute. He is author of The Ethics of Species, Character and Environment, and Nanotechnology: The Social and Ethical Issues, as well as coeditor of Environmental Justice and Environmentalism and Environmental Virtue Ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9780739178218
• ISBN-10: 0739178210
• Artikelnr.: 38077545