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Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
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Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine, and Society (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 75
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Advances in genetics, such as the Human Genome Project's successful
mapping of the human genome and the discovery of ever more sites of
disease-related mutations, invite re-examination of basic concepts
underlying our fundamental social practices and institutions.
Having children, assigning responsibility, identifying causes,
using social and scientific resources to improve human well-being,
among other concepts, will never be the same. Our concepts of moral
and legal responsibility, cause and effect, disease prevention,
health, disability, enhancement, personal identity, and
reproductive autonomy and responsibility are all subtly changing in
response to developments in genetics. Biology, law, medicine, and
other disciplines are also evolving in response to mutating
concepts in genetics itself-for example, dominance, causation,
behavior, gene expression, and gene. The selections in this volume
employ philosophical and historical perspectives to shed light on
classic social, ethical, and philosophical issues raised with
renewed urgency against the backdrop of the mapping of the human
genome.
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