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30%OFFLeon R. Kass - Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council On Bioethics - 9781586481766 - V9781586481766
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Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council On Bioethics

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Description for Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council On Bioethics Paperback. A council of leading scientists and philosophers offers wise and provocative insights into the ethical implications of one of the most momentous developments of all--cloning. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; PSAD; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
Few avenues of scientific inquiry raise more thorny ethical questions than the cloning of human beings, a radical way to control our DNA. In August 2001, in conjunction with his decision to permit limited federal funding for stem-cell research, President George W. Bush created the President's Council on Bioethics to address the ethical ramifications of biomedical innovation. Over the past year the Council, whose members comprise an All-Star team of leading scientists, doctors, ethicists, lawyers, humanists, and theologians, has discussed and debated the pros and cons of cloning, whether to produce children or to aid in scientific research. This book ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781586481766
SKU
V9781586481766
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About Leon R. Kass
Leon R. Kass, M.D. is the Addie Clark Harding Professor at the University of Chicago, and the Hertog Fellow at American Enterprise Institute. A nationally renowned bioethicist, he has written extensively on biology and human affairs his books include Toward a More Natural Science, The Hungry Soul, and The Ethics of Human Cloning (with James Q. Wilson). He lives in ... Read more

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