Experiments in democracy : human embryo research and the politics of bioethics / J. Benjamin Hurlbut...
Experiments in democracy : human embryo research and the politics of bioethics / J. Benjamin Hurlbut...
Experiments in democracy : human embryo research and the politics of bioethics / J. Benjamin Hurlbut.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/6087
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English
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xiii, 359 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : the politics of experiment -- New beginnings -- Producing life, conceiving reason -- Representing reason -- Cloning, knowledge, and the politics of consensus -- Confusing deliberation -- In the laboratories of democracy -- Religion, reason, and the politics of progress -- The legacy o...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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New York (State)
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[2017]
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Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise and perils of scientific progress that debate over its development has become a moral and political imperative. From in vitro fertilization to embryonic stem cell research, cloning, and gene editing, Americans have repeatedly stru...
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Experiments in democracy : human embryo research and the politics of bioethics / J. Benjamin Hurlbut.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-342) and index.
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Online version: Hurlbut, J. Benjamin. Experiments in democracy. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 9780231542913 (DLC) 2016030062
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G 2017/6087
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9780231179546 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231179545 (hardcover alkaline paper)
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612.64
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991024148708502626
