Altering Nature
Volume I: Concepts of ‘Nature’ and ‘The Natural’ in Biotechnology Debates
Editors: Lustig, B. A., Brody, B. A., McKenny, Gerald P. (Eds.)
Free Preview- A rich interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings of ‘nature’ and ‘the natural’ as religious, philosophical and moral norms
- An extensive critical review of recent ethical discussions of developments in biotechnology
- An analysis of the implications of different interpretations of nature as a norm for policy discussions on specific topics in biotechnology
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The two volumes of Altering Nature consider the complex ways that concepts of 'nature' and 'the natural' are understood and the relevance of those understandings to discussions of biotechnology. Volume One, Concepts of 'Nature' and 'The Natural' in Biotechnology Debates, offers nuanced accounts of the ways that nature is invoked and interpreted, both descriptively and prescriptively, by different disciplines, including perspectives from spirituality and religion, philosophy, science and medicine, law and economics, and aesthetics. In the context of that broad discussion, Volume Two, Religion, Biotechnology, and Public Policy, reviews recent religious and ethical analyses of four specific areas of biotechnology: assisted reproduction, genetic therapy and enhancement, human-machine incorporation, and biodiversity. It identifies and explores the richer normative themes that inform particular debates and suggests ways that policy choices in biotechnology may be illuminated by devoting greater attention to religious perspectives.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-12
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Spiritual and Religious Concepts of Nature
Pages 13-62
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Philosophical Approaches to Nature
Pages 63-136
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Scientific and Medical Concepts of Nature in the Modern Period in Europe and North America
Pages 137-198
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Ethical Challenges of Patenting “Nature”: Legal and Economic Accounts of Altered Nature as Property
Pages 199-273
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Altering Nature
- Book Subtitle
- Volume I: Concepts of ‘Nature’ and ‘The Natural’ in Biotechnology Debates
- Editors
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- B. A. Lustig
- B. A. Brody
- Gerald P. McKenny
- Series Title
- Philosophy and Medicine
- Series Volume
- 97
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-6921-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-6921-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-6920-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-7763-9
- Series ISSN
- 0376-7418
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 332
- Topics
