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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bentley GlassPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780807840207ISBN 10: 0807840203 Pages: 114 Publication Date: 30 January 1968 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsScience is not just a cold, impersonal way of studying the external world. It has become a very human activity, with awesome social responsibilities and a set of ethical principles. This brief survey of science and human ethics was written by a noted geneticist for the McNair Lectures at the University of North Carolina. Chapter One, perhaps the weakest, deals with biological or evolutionary ethics. (Theologians may balk at the conclusion that whatever makes for survival is good. ) Chapter Two discusses the ethical problems by the writer's specialty, which is human heredity. He looks into the implications of eugenics, artificial insemination, the genetic effects of fallout, etc. The final and best chapter sets forth the ethical bases of modern science: scientific integrity, intellectual freedom, a sense of social responsibility. A not particularly original approach to a subject of contemporary interest. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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