Social theory and human biotechnology /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owen, Tim, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009.
Temas:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
Reproductive technology.
Social sciences.
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
Postmodernism
Reproductive Techniques
Social Sciences
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Biotechnologie.
Génie génétique.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Sciences sociales.
bioengineering.
social sciences.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Social sciences
Reproductive technology
Genetic engineering
Social sciences > Philosophy
Biotechnologie
Sozialphilosophie
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  • SOCIAL THEORY AND HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL THEORY AND HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ABSTRACT ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; FOREWORD ; INTRODUCTION; TRANSITIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY ; FOUR 'CARDINAL SINS' ; Reductionism ; Essentialism ; Reification ; Functional Teleology ; METATHEORY AND PROBLEMS OF RELATIVISM ; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND FOUCAULDIAN 'POWER'; AGENCY AND SOCIAL ACTORS ; ARCHER, LAYDER AND MOUZELIS: POST-POSTMODERN THEORISTS ; A. Margaret Archer ; B. Nicos Mouzelis ; C. Derek Layder; A POST-POSTMODERN METATHEORETICAL FRAMEWORK?
  • CODIFICATION OF THE METATHEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 'BUILDING BRIDGES' ; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND 'NATURE VIA NURTURE' ; DUALITY VERSUS DUALISM REVISITED ; INCORPORATING THE BIOLOGICAL VARIABLE ; HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY: SELECTED ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS ; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT ; RISK AND GOVERNANCE ; HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; Artificial Insemination ; Egg Donation ; Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders ; Pregnancy Termination of 'Defective' Fetuses ; The Eugenic Implications of Prenatal Diagnosis ; Embryo Selection ; Genetic Engineering ; Cloning.
  • Human Biotechnology: A Form of 'New' Eugenics? FURTHER ETHICAL CONCERNS AND HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY ; Artificial Insemination ; Egg Donation ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Embryo Selection ; Selection for Sex ; Cloning ; Gene Therapy ; BIO-MEDICAL DISCOURSE ; AN APPLICATION OF THE METATHEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOTECHNOLOGY ; THE META-THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ; REIFICATION; ESSENTIALISM ; FUNCTIONAL TELEOLOGY ; REDUCTIONISM ; GENETIC FATALISM ; THE OVERSOCIALISED GAZE ; THE BIOLOGICAL VARIABLE ; POWER ; DUALISM; AGENCY-STRUCTURE, MICRO-MACRO, TIME-SPACE ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; INDEX.

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