Responsible genetics : the moral responsibility of geneticists for the consequences of human genetics research /

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Author / Creator:Nordgren, Anders.
Imprint:Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
Description:xix, 273 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Philosophy and medicine ; 70
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4568571
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ISBN:1402002017 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1.. Moral Responsibility and Moral Imagination
  • 1.. The Metaphor of Moral Responsibility
  • 2.. Engineering or 'Tinkering' in Moral Reasoning?
  • 3.. Imaginative Casuistry vs. Other Normative Positions
  • 4.. Imaginative Casuistry in Bioethics
  • Chapter 2.. Moral Responsibility in Science
  • 1.. Research Ethics
  • 2.. Responsibility 'of'
  • 3.. Responsibility 'to'
  • 4.. Responsibility 'for': Choice of Subject
  • 5.. Responsibility 'for': Research and Publication
  • 6.. Responsibility 'for': Application
  • 7.. Content and Form of Responsibility: General Proposals
  • Chapter 3.. The Human Genome Project: Justification, Promotion, and Access to Results
  • 1.. Summary and Application: Responsible Genetics
  • 2.. Dialogue and the Human Genome Project
  • 3.. Justification of the HGP
  • 4.. Promotion of the HGP
  • 5.. Genetic Knowledge: Open Access or Private Patents?
  • Chapter 4.. Gene Hunting, Genetic Testing, and Genetically Tailor-Made Drugs
  • 1.. Dialogue in Genetic Research and Application
  • 2.. Gene Hunting in Families
  • 3.. Gene Hunting in Ethnic Groups
  • 4.. Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling
  • 5.. Genetic Screening and Public Health Work
  • 6.. Genetic Information in Employment and Insurance
  • 7.. Genetically Tailor-Made Drugs
  • Chapter 5.. Genetic Modification of Humans and Laboratory Animals
  • 1.. Dialogue and Gene Therapy
  • 2.. Germline Gene Therapy
  • 3.. Genetic Enhancement
  • 4.. Animals Used in Human Genetics Research
  • Chapter 6.. Eugenics and the Long Term Goals of Reprogenetic Medicine
  • 1.. Responsibility for Applications of Genetics: Professional Policy
  • 2.. Dialogue on the Long Term Goals of Reprogenetic Medicine
  • 3.. Learning from History: Eugenics
  • 4.. Genotypic Prevention vs. Reproductive Autonomy: Three Prototypical Views
  • 5.. Proposals regarding the Long Term Goals of Reprogenetic Medicine
  • Bibliography
  • Index