Rights and Liberties In The Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights

By: Sheldon Krimsky and Peter Shorett

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Synopsis: "Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age" is the first book reaching broadly into biotechnology that imbeds the issues into a rights framework for the social management of technology. The contributors to the volume comprise prominent university scientists, civil rights lawyers, and public interest activists who bring their perspectives to issues where science and civil liberties meet head on. This book explores the impact of new genetic technologies on how people define their 'personhood' and their basic civil liberties. It questions the thesis of 'scientism' where 'rights' must adapt and conform to technological changes. Instead, the authors explore the expansion of human rights in the face of new biomedical and bio-agricultural advances so that 'rights' and not 'technologies' are at the forefront of discussion.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 235 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780742543409
Publisher:: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 06/14/13
Copyrighted By:: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Adrienne Asch
Proofread By:: ricardinho42
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.