Taking Biology Seriously What Biology Can and

Discussions of human biology and its consequences for ethics and public policy are often misguided. Both proponents and critics of behavioral genetics, reproductive cloning, and genetic testing have mistaken beliefs about the role of genes in human life. Taking Biology Seriously calls attention to the social context in which both the science and our ethical precepts and public policies play a role.

Inmaculada De Melo-Martin, previously Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, is now a Research Ethicist in the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Acknowledgments

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Misunderstanding Biology: Epistemological, Scientific, and Moral Problems

1

(14)

Biological Explanations and Social Responsibility

15

(22)

An Introduction to the Science of Cloning

37

(8)

Cloning---Or Not---Human Beings

45

(18)

Putting Human Cloning Where It Belongs

63

(14)

Obtaining Genetic Information

77

(6)

Genetic Information and Moral Obligations

83

(22)

Moral Obligations, Genetic Information, and Social Context

105

(24)

On the Need to Take Biology Seriously

129

(6)

Bibliography

135

(22)

Index

157

(4)

About the Author

161

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Taking Biology Seriously What Biology Can and Cannot Tell Us About Moral and Public Policy Issues

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