"Culture Clash--with its rare blend of creativity, verbal skill and
balanced judgement--helps to clarify the understanding of law and
science in American life." -New York Law Journal "A lucid and
entertaining mix of constitutional law and history." -American
Journal of Human Genetics "One of the most vital interdisciplinary
works of this generation. A trenchant, thought-provoking, and
immensely readable analysis of the important issues at the
intersection of law, science, and morality. Goldberg, perhaps the
most prominent and certainly the most prolific legal scholar in the
law and science field, explores the most contemporary topics at the
frontiers of current scientific, technological, legal, and moral
inquiry. An accomplished and important book." -Nancy Levit,
Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
Co-author of Jurisprudence "Draws on more than a decade's work to
bring together in one place a remarkably broad treatment of the
relationship between law and science. All of the well-known issues
are addressed: the legal questions likely to arise from current
research aimed at mapping the human genome, the legal debates over
the public schools' treatment of creationism and evolution, the
effect of federal agency practices on the course of scientific
research, and the use of scientific evidence in legal
disputes...Certain to enrich all future discussion of these
topics." -Ira Mark Ellman, Professor of Law, Arizona State
University It is an article of faith in America that scientific
advances will lead to wondrous progress in our daily lives.
Americans proudly support scientific research that yields stunning
breakthroughs and Nobel prizes. We relish the ensuing debate about
the implications-moral, ethical, practical-of these advances. Will
genetic engineering change our basic nature? Will artificial
intelligence challenge our sense of human uniqueness? And yet the
actual implementation of these technologies is often sluggish and
much-delayed. From Star Trek to Jurassic Park, the American
imagination has always been fascinated by the power of scientific
technology. But what does the reality of scientific progress mean
for our society? In this controversial book, Steven Goldberg
provides a compelling look at the intersection of two of America's
most powerful communities-law and science-to explain this apparent
contradiction. Rarely considered in tandem, law and science
highlight a fundamental paradox in the American character, the
struggle between progress and process. Science, with its ethic of
endless progress, has long fit beautifully with America's self
image. Law, in accordance with the American ideal of giving
everyone a fair say, stresses process above all else, seeking an
acceptable, rather than a scientifically correct, result. This
characteristic has been especially influential in light of the
explosive growth of the legal community in recent years. Exposing
how the legal system both supports and restricts American science
and technology, Goldberg considers the role and future of three
projects-artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, and the human
genome initiative-to argue for a scientific vision that infuses
research with social goals beyond the pure search for truth.
Certain to provoke debate within a wide range of academic and
professional communities, Culture Clash reveals one of the most
important and defining conflicts in contemporary American life.
Steven Goldberg is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University
Law Center. He is the author of Culture Clash: Law and Science in
America, winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award, also available
from NYU Press.
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