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Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life - Taking Public Fears Seriously (Paperback)
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Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life - Taking Public Fears Seriously (Paperback)
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There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth
(whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do
not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally
wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include
changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic
engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with
animals and plants, their utility, or impairing their ability to
live autonomously, or unduly instrumentalizing them. Yet many
scientists are puzzled about the unwillingness of the public to
feel much enthusiasm about 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 most of us do not
question at all. 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 after all and that a philosophically sound
justification of those concerns can indeed be given.
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