A Companion to Genethics (eBook)

Justine Burley is Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. Most recently, she was a Lecturer at the University of Oxford. She served as Fellow of the Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics (1995-1998) at Oxford and as Simon Fellow at the University of Manchester (1998-2002). She is editor of The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights (1999) and Dworkin and His Critics (Blackwell, 2004). John Harris is Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester where he is also Director of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and Academic Director of the Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics. He is the author of Violence and Responsibility (1980), The Value of Life (1985), Wonderwoman and Superman (1992), and Clones, Genes and Immortality (1998). He has also co-edited Experiments on Embryos (1990), Ethics and Biotechnology (1994), and The Future of Human Reproduction (1998).

List of Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction : Justine Burley (University of Manchester and
Exeter College, Oxford) and John Harris (University of
Manchester).

1. Stem cells: C.N. Svendsen (University of Cambridge).

2. Gene therapy for neurological disorders: P.R. Lowenstein
(Gene Therapeutics Institute).

3. Cloning in biology and medicine: Ian Wilmut (Roslin
Institute)Genetics of old age: Thomas B.L. Kirkwood (University of
Newcastle).

4. The ethical legacy of Nazi medical war crimes: Paul Weindling
(Oxford Bookes University).

5. Biotechnology and animals: Bernard E. Rollin (Colorado State
University).

6. The role of informed consent in genetic experimentation:
SørenHolm (University of Oslo).

7. Testing children and adolescents: Dorothy Wertz (University
of Massachusetts).

8. Genetic testing of children: Lainie Friedman Ross (University
of Chicago).

9. Mapping the human genome and "Monster Mythology": George J.
Annas (Boston University).

10. The moral status of the gene: Mary Anne Warren (San
Francisco State University).

11. The ethical use of human embryonic stem cells in research
and therapy: John Harris (University of Manchester).

12. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryo selection:
Bonnie Steinbock (State University of New York at Albany).

13. Individual autonomy and genetic choice: Matthew Clayton
(Brunel University).

14. Cloning and public policy: Ruth Macklin (Albert Einstein
College of Medicine).

15. Sex-selection: The feminist response: Diemut Bubeck (London
School of Economics).

16. Creating perfect people: Philip Kitcher (Columbia
University).

17. Genetics and personal identity: Carol Rovane (Columbia
University).

18. Genetic determinism and gene selection: Richard Dawkins
(University of Oxford and New College).

19. The "Darwin Wars" and the human self image: Janet Radcliffe
Richards (University College London.

20. Religion and Gene Therapy: Gerald McKenny (Rice
University).

21. 'Race', genetics and human difference:
Hussein Kassim (University of London).

22. Self-ownership, begetting and germ-line information: Hillel
Steiner (University of Manchester).

23. Justice, genetics and lifestyles: Inez de Beaufort (Erasmus
University).

24. Commercial exploitation of the human genome: Ruth Chadwick
(Lancaster University) and Adam Hedgecoe (University College
London).

25. Forensic DNA typing: David Wasserman (University of
Maryland).

26. Privacy and genetics: Madison Powers (Georgetown
University).

27. DNA banking: Bartha Maria Knoppers (University of
Montreal).

28. Genetic difference in the workplace: Michael Yesley (Los
Alamos National Laboratory).

29. The insurance market and discriminatory practices: Tom
Sorell (University of Ethics).

30. Legal and ethical issues in biotechnology patenting: Pilar
Ossorio (American Medical Association.

31. Patented genes: Mark Sagoff (University of Maryland, College
Park).

32. Property, patents, and genetic material: Stephen Munzer
(University of California, Los Angeles).

33. Genetic screening from a public health perspective: Scott
Burris (Temple University) and Lawrence Gostin (Georgetown
University).

Afterword: Sir David Weatherall (University of Oxford).

Index

"The editors are to be congratulated on compiling such a
stimulating and provocative volume. This is for those who wish to
examine the basis of human bioethics thoroughly, whether they be
novice or expert. Those who think they have clear attitudes to many
of the ethical and social issues raised by developments in human
genetics are likely to be forced to rethink at least some of their
positions by the challenging and well-presented arguments that have
been gathered together here."

Angus Clarke, University of
Wales

"This timely book makes clear that genetic research will
transform healthcare, choices about children, and standards of
property. The contributors here stake out key questions facing
health professionals and social policy makers, and they have
insightful things to say about how we should go about answering
those questions."

Timothy F. Murphy, University of
IllinoisCollege of Medicine at
Chicago

" ... Genethics makes some important contributions,
offering a primer on key aspects of contemporary genetics before
focusing on some of the most important ethical, legal, economic,
political issues facing researchers, politicians, and, to some
extent, the general population ... The book's strengths are its
multidisciplinary approach, the overall quality of its
contributions, and the refusal of most contributors to oversimplify
and risk the microdeterminism of many popular essays."
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