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Designer Biology
The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
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Verlag: | Lexington Books |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 18.07.2013 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780739178225 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 302 |
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<span><span>Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human enhancement technologies. </span><span>Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems </span><span>consists of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection) that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology. This collection advances and enriches our understanding of the ethical issues raised by these technologies and identifies general lessons about the ethics of engineering complex biological and ecological systems that can be applied as new technologies and practices emerge. The insights that emerge will be especially valuable to students and scholars of environmental ethics, bioethics, or technology ethics.</span></span>
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<span><span>This book consists of thirteen chapters that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.</span></span>
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<span><span><span>Acknowledgments</span></span><br><span><span>Contributor Biographies</span></span><br><span><span>Introduction</span></span><br><span><span>I. Engineering Humans</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 1: Sex Selection and the Value-Ladenness of the Procreative Liberty Framework </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 2: The Ethics of Embryo Selection</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 3: Assessing Efficacy of “Neuroenhancing” Drugs: Normative Problems in Empirical Controversies </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 4: Engineering for Virtue? Toward Holistic Moral Enhancement</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 5: Radical Enhancement and What’ Wrong with It</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 6: Human Engineering and Climate Change</span></span><br><span><span>II. Engineering the Environment</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 7: The Human Influence: Moral Responsibility for Novel Ecosystems</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 8: Why Scientists Should Get Out of Nature Conservation</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 9: What it Takes to Justify Geoengineering the Climate</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 10: Remediation vs. Steering: An Act-Description Approach to Approving and Funding Geoengineering Research</span></span><br><span><span>III. Engineering Life</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 11: Sensitivity Enhancement: The Ethics of Testing Cognitive Enhancement on Non-Human Research Subjects</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 12: The Capacities, Interests, and Organization of Artifactual Organisms </span></span><br><span><span>Chapter 13: How to Evolve a Good of Your Own: The Biological Interests of Instant Organisms </span></span><br><span><span>Conclusion: Lessons for the Future</span></span></span>
<span><span>Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems</span><span> consists of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection) that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.</span></span>
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<span><span>John Basl</span><span> is assistant professor of philosophy at Northeastern University and cofounder of </span><span>Philosophy TV</span><span> (<a href="http://philostv.com"><span>http://philostv.com</span></a></span><span>).</span></span>
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<span><span>Ronald L. Sandler</span><span> is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University, and also director of Northeastern’s Ethics Institute. He is author of </span><span>The Ethics of Species</span><span>, </span><span>Character and Environment</span><span>, and </span><span>Nanotechnology: The Social and Ethical Issues</span><span>, as well as coeditor of </span><span>Environmental Justice and Environmentalism</span><span> and </span><span>Environmental Virtue Ethics</span><span>.</span></span>
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<span><span>Ronald L. Sandler</span><span> is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University, and also director of Northeastern’s Ethics Institute. He is author of </span><span>The Ethics of Species</span><span>, </span><span>Character and Environment</span><span>, and </span><span>Nanotechnology: The Social and Ethical Issues</span><span>, as well as coeditor of </span><span>Environmental Justice and Environmentalism</span><span> and </span><span>Environmental Virtue Ethics</span><span>.</span></span>
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