Scholars claim that if the public has particular definitions of a human they will treat others like objects or animals. This book examines these claims and finds that some definitions do lead to maltreatment, but the definitions of a majority of the public are unlikely to do so.
Scholars claim that if the public has particular definitions of a human they will treat others like objects or animals. This book examines these claims and finds that some definitions do lead to maltreatment, but the definitions of a majority of the public are unlikely to do so.
John H. Evans is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of two books that explain the origins of American public bioethical debate and one that examines religious people's views of reproductive genetics. He has also published many articles on religion and politics as well as science and religion.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Chapter 1 Introduction * Chapter 2 Anthropologies and Human Rights in the Academic Debate * Chapter 3 The General Public, Academic Anthropologies, and Human Rights * Chapter 4 The Public's Biological Anthropologies: DNA and Analogies to Existing Humans * Chapter 5 The Public's Philosophical Anthropologies: Autonomous and Social Traits * Chapter 6 The Public's Theological Anthropologies: The Image of God and the Soul * Chapter 7 The Public's Socially Conferred Anthropology: Humans Making Humans Human * Chapter 8 Conclusion: Re-assessing the Academic Debate about Anthropologies * Appendix A Formal Statistical Analyses of the Survey Data * Appendix B Public Opinion Survey * Appendix C In-depth Interviews * Works Cited * Index
* Acknowledgments * Chapter 1 Introduction * Chapter 2 Anthropologies and Human Rights in the Academic Debate * Chapter 3 The General Public, Academic Anthropologies, and Human Rights * Chapter 4 The Public's Biological Anthropologies: DNA and Analogies to Existing Humans * Chapter 5 The Public's Philosophical Anthropologies: Autonomous and Social Traits * Chapter 6 The Public's Theological Anthropologies: The Image of God and the Soul * Chapter 7 The Public's Socially Conferred Anthropology: Humans Making Humans Human * Chapter 8 Conclusion: Re-assessing the Academic Debate about Anthropologies * Appendix A Formal Statistical Analyses of the Survey Data * Appendix B Public Opinion Survey * Appendix C In-depth Interviews * Works Cited * Index
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