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Designer Biology - The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Paperback)
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Designer Biology - The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Paperback)
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Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in
recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to
intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems.
An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems
are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering
perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the
pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation
cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the
development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human
enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of
Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists
of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection)
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. This collection advances and
enriches our understanding of the ethical issues raised by these
technologies and identifies general lessons about the ethics of
engineering complex biological and ecological systems that can be
applied as new technologies and practices emerge. The insights that
emerge will be especially valuable to students and scholars of
environmental ethics, bioethics, or technology ethics.
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