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John H. Evans

Playing God?

Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate

312 pages, 1 line drawing, 10 tables  6 x 9  © 2001
Series: Morality and Society Series

Cloth $70.00

ISBN: 9780226222615   Published January 2002

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9780226222622   Published February 2002

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Framework for Understanding the Thinning of a Public Debate
2. Setting the Stage: The Eugenicists and the Challenge from Theologians
3. Gene Therapy, Advisory Commissions, and the Birth of the Bioethics Profession
4. The President's Commission: The "Neutral" Triumph of Formal Rationality
5. Regaining Lost Jurisdictional Ground and the Triumph of the Bioethics Profession
6. "Reproduction" as the New Jurisdictional Metaphor: Autonomy and the Internal Threat to the Bioethics/Science Jurisdiction
7. Conclusion: The Future of Public Bioethics and the HGE Debate
Appendix: Methods and Tables
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Subjects



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