Synthetic Biology and Morality : Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature /

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Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behaviour. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions - first and foremost, whet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kaebnick, Gregory E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bioethics.
Bioengineering > Moral and ethical aspects.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Synthetic Biology > ethics.
Biotechnology > ethics.
Bioengineering > ethics.
Artificial life > Moral and ethical aspects.
Synthetic biology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Appeals to nature and the natural in debates about synthetic biology / Andrew Lustig
  • Creating life: synthetic biology and ethics / Joachim Boldt
  • Engineered microbes in industry and science: a new human relationship to nature? / Gregory E. Kaebnick
  • Lessons from environmental ethics about the intrinsic value of synthetic life / Mark A. Bedau and Ben T. Larson
  • Three puzzles regarding the moral status of synthetic organisms / John Basl and Ronald Sandler
  • Synthetic bacteria, natural processes, and intrinsic value / Christopher J. Preston
  • Synthetic biology and public reason / Jon Mandle
  • Biotechnology as cultural meaning: reflection on the moral reception of synthetic biology / Bruce Jennings
  • "Teaching humanness" claims in synthetic biology and public policy bioethics / John H. Evans.

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