Playing God? : human genetic engineering and the rationalization of public bioethical debate / John H. Evans.
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TextSeries: Morality and society seriesPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2002. Description: 304 pISBN: 0226222624Subject(s): Bioethics | Public opinion | Advisory committees | Cloning, Organism | Consumer participation | Eugenics | Gene therapy | Genetic engineering | Germ cells | Personal autonomy | Philosophy | Policy makingNLM classification: QH 438.7 2002EV| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Framework for Understanding the Thinning of a Public Debate -- Setting the Stage: The Eugenicists and the Challenge from the Theologians -- Gene Therapy, Advisory Commissions, and the Birth of the Bioethics Profession -- The President's Commission: The "Neutral" Triumph of Formal Rationality -- Regaining Lost Jurisdictional Ground and the Triumph of the Bioethics Profession -- "Reproduction" as the New Jurisdictional Metaphor: Autonomy and the Internal Threat to the Bioethics/Science Jurisdiction -- Conclusion: The Future of Public Bioethics and the HGE Debate
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