| [NT 42944] Record Type: |
[NT 8598] Electronic resources
: [NT 40817] monographic
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| [NT 47348] Title Information: |
the promise and peril of genetic engineering |
| Author: |
MehlmanMaxwell J, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Baltimore |
| Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (288 p.). |
| Subject: |
Genetic engineering - Environmental aspects - |
| Subject: |
Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects - |
| Subject: |
Genetic engineering - Social aspects - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421407272/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9781421407272electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1421407272electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781421406695hbk. |
| ISBN: |
1421406691hbk. |
| Content Note: |
part 1. Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares -- Visions of Heaven and Hell -- Thinking about the Unthinkable -- part 2. The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- Physical Harm to Children -- Psycho-Social Harm to Children -- Broader Consequences for Society -- The End ofthe Human Species -- Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? -- part 3. Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering -- Protecting the Children -- Preserving Societal Cohesion -- Providing for our Descendents -- Safeguarding the Human Species -- Epilogue |