Changing Nature's Course: The Ethical Challenge of Biotechnology

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Contributors vii
• Foreword ix
• Biotechnology—the New Ethical Frontier: - An Introduction 1
• Notes 12
• Ethical Concerns in the Age of Biotechnology 15
• Production, Use and Biosafety of Genetically Engineering Resistance to Plant Virus Diseases 17
• Notes 25
• References 26
• Some Environmental and Ethical Considerations of Genetically Engineered Plants and Foods 27
• Notes 34
• Sacrificed for Science: - Are Animal Experiments Morally Defensible? 37
• Notes 50
• Part I Ethical Concerns in the Age of Biotechnology 59
• Clinical and Ethical Challenges of Genetic Markers for Severe Human Hereditary Disorders 61

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Contributors vii
• Foreword ix
• Biotechnology—the New Ethical Frontier: - An Introduction 1
• Notes 12
• Ethical Concerns in the Age of Biotechnology 15
• Production, Use and Biosafety of Genetically Engineering Resistance to Plant Virus Diseases 17
• Notes 25
• References 26
• Some Environmental and Ethical Considerations of Genetically Engineered Plants and Foods 27
• Notes 34
• Sacrificed for Science: - Are Animal Experiments Morally Defensible? 37
• Notes 50
• Part I Ethical Concerns in the Age of Biotechnology 59
• Clinical and Ethical Challenges of Genetic Markers for Severe Human Hereditary Disorders 61
• Notes 69
• References 69
• Ethical Considerations Arising from Economic Aspects of Human Genetics 71
• Notes 82
• References 82
• Technology Assessment, Ethics and Public Policy in Biotechnology: - The Case of the Human Genome Project 85
• Notes 100
• References 102
• Part 1 Ethical Concerns in the Age of Biotechnology 109
• The Conflict Between the Advancement of Medical Science and Technology and Traditional Chinese Medical Ethics 111
• In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer: - Technological Achievements and Ethical Concerns 119
• References 125
• Moral Risk Assessment in Biotechnology 127
• Notes 138
• References 138
• Appendix to Chapter 10 140
• Towards an Ethics for the Biotechnological Age 145
• Anthropology as the Basis of Bioethics 147
• Notes 156
• Reflections on Method in Theology and Genetics: - From Suspicion to Critical Cooperation 159
• Notes 168
• Bioethics and Genetics in Asia and the Pacific: - Is Universal Bioethics Possible? 171
• Notes 183
• Future-Perfect? Biotechnology and the Ethics of the Unknown: - An Afterword 185
• Notes 200
• Index 203