Ethically Challenged
Big Questions for Science
$60.60
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2007
Summary
‘What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands?’-Margaret Atwood, Oryx and CrakeFrom stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilites-the unprecedented developments in science are among the most contentious issues of our times.In this second volume of The Alfred Deakin Debate, a leading surgeon, lawyer, ethicist, religious leader and two scientists pose crucial questions about the future we face. These incisive and wide-ranging essays explore the ethical decisions we must make and ask the question- what must we protect about our humanity for future generations?Contributors- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Emeritus Professor Miles Little, Cardinal George Pell, Dr Margaret Somerville, Douglas Hilton and Sir Gustav Nossal.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522853216 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522853218 |
| Author: | Jonathan W. Mills |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2007 |
| Weight: | 154g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 134mm x 178mm |
| Series: | The Alfred Deakin Debate |
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What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands? Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
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Baroness Helena Kennedy QC; Emeritus Professor Miles Little; Cardinal George Pell; Dr Margaret Somerville; Douglas Hilton and Sir Gustav Nossal.
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