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Coping with modern technology in the life sciences (biology and
medicine) became a major issue for people living in the Twentieth
Century, and continues to be so in the present century.
Biotechnology creates new opportunities and possibilities, but also
new dangers, risks, and ethical concerns. In this volume, ethical
dilemmas in the context of a s
Coping with modern technology in the life sciences (biology and
medicine) became a major issue for people living in the Twentieth
Century, and continues to be so in the present century.
Biotechnology creates new opportunities and possibilities, but also
new dangers, risks, and ethical concerns. In this volume, ethical
dilemmas in the context of a specific biomedical technology are
discussed. Experts in ethics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and
medicine jointly investigated a field of prenatal and genetic
research that seems particularly challenging: prenatal diagnostics.
In many European countries amniocentesis, for example, is a routine
diagnostic tool for women becoming pregnant after the age of
thirty-five. In recent decades, enormous progress has been made in
diagnosing genetically-based diseases and other serious prenatal
abnormalities. Today, we know that a positive prenatal genetic
diagnostic creates distress for all women and their partners, and
necessitates making the difficult decision as to whether or not to
allow the pregnancy to continue. As is demonstrated in this volume
through the summaries of interviews with couples, the reactions of
women and their partners who are facing this situation can be very
different. The new and innovative interdisciplinary dialogue on
this topic that is presented in this volume offers a deeper
understanding of the ethical dilemmas raised by prenatal and
genetic diagnostics, and explores ways to support couples in this
extremely difficult situation.
This volume covers Darwin's reception across Europe and his
influence on European science and culture.Charles Darwin is a
crucial figure in nineteenth-century science with an extensive and
varied reception in different countries and disciplines. His theory
had a revolutionary impact not only on biology, but also on other
natural sciences and the new social sciences. The term 'Darwinism',
already popular in Darwin's lifetime, ranged across many different
areas and ideological aspects, and his own ideas about the
implications of evolution for human cognitive, emotional, social
and ethical capacities were often interpreted in a way that did not
mirror his own intentions. The implications for religious,
philosophical and political issues and institutions remain as
momentous today as in his own time.This volume conveys the
many-sidedness of Darwin's reception and exhibit his far-reaching
impact on our self-understanding as human beings.
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