An essential introduction to a controversial yet crucial field of
research, Biotechnology surveys recent advances in the field and
offers a wide range of opinions for and against expanding this new
branch of science. Incisively examining such key topics as
therapeutic cloning, genetic enhancement, stem cell therapy, and
the use of psychotropic drugs such as Prozac and Ritalin,
contributors to this volume agree that biotechnology will
inevitably change human life. However, they debate the right way to
balance the potential to cure disease and relieve human suffering
with the need to respect life and preserve human dignity. Several
explore the way major religions--both Eastern and Western--treat
the subject. Others analyze the role of government in biotechnology
and specific applications of the technology that should be
practiced. Serving as an introduction to this ethically complicated
and significant scientific movement, the book ultimately raises the
broader, fundamental question of the meaning of human flourishing.
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