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The book addresses a number of well-known issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - but does so from a perspective that has received almost no attention: the perspective of the scientific community itself. The rhetoric of `scientific responsibility' is prominent in many discussions of genetic research ethics, but the concept is seldom defined. This book provides a more precise analysis of what it could mean. In distinction to what is common in the ELSI literature, the book also discusses bioethical method. A new kind of casuistry is developed on the basis of the empirical findings of cognitive semantics. The book will be of interest to philosophers, bioethicists, and geneticists. Because it addresses broad policy issues, it will also be of interest to science policymakers.

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This book addresses well-known issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - but does so from an unusual perspective: the perspective of the scientific community itself. In distinction to what is common in the ELSI literature, the book also discusses bioethical method. A new kind of casuistry is developed on the basis of the empirical findings of cognitive semantics. It will be of interest to philosophers, bioethicists, geneticists, and policymakers.

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Uppsala Univ., Sweden. Addresses the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics, but does so from a perspective of the scientific community itself. For philosophers, bioethicists, and geneticists and also to science policy makers.