ISBN:
9781594034268
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (235 pages)
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DDC:
306.4/61
Keywords:
Biotechnology -- Social aspects
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Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
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Electronic books ; local
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Biotechnology ; Social aspects
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Genetic engineering ; Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
" Scare headlines about the first human clones appear in our newspapers. Biotech companies brag about manufacturing human embryos as "products" for use in medical treatments. Events are moving so fast-and biotechnology seems so complicated-that many of us worry we can't keep up. But now, Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the brave new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination, but a reality just around the corner of our lives. Smith unravels the mystery of stem cells and shows what's at stake in the controversy over using them for research. He describes the emerging science of human cloning-the most radical technology in history-and shows how it moves forward inexorably against the moral consensus of the world. But at the core of this highly readable and carefully researched book is a report on the gargantuan "Big Biotech" industry and its supporters in the universities and the science and bioethics establishments. Smith reveals how the lure of huge riches, mixed with the ideology of "scientism," threatens to impose on society a "new eugenics" that would dismantle ethical norms and call into question the uniqueness and importance of all human life. "At stake," he warns, "is whether science will continue to serve society, or instead dominate it." In Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World, Smith presents a clear-eyed vision of two potential futures. In one, we will use biotechnology as a powerful tool to treat disease and improve the quality of our lives. But in another, darker scenario, we will be steered onto the antihuman path that Aldous Huxley and other prophetic writers warned against half a century ago. ".
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Biotech New World -- The Great Stem Cell Debate of 2001 -- Reproduction as Replication -- The Foot in the Door to Brave New World -- Political Science -- Will Humans Remain Human? -- Food for Thought -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
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