The ethics of genetic commerce /
Our rapidly expanding genetic knowledge today points toward a near future in which the elements of humanity closest to our moral core may themselves be produced, manipulated, commodified, and exchanged. Explores the moral and ethical concerns derived from an increasing knowledge of genetics and the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Malden, MA ; Oxford :
Blackwell Pub.,
2007.
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| Series: | Leeds School series on business and society.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Our rapidly expanding genetic knowledge today points toward a near future in which the elements of humanity closest to our moral core may themselves be produced, manipulated, commodified, and exchanged. Explores the moral and ethical concerns derived from an increasing knowledge of genetics and the variety of its commercial applications A major contribution to the emerging understanding of the role that ethics will play in genetic commerce Written by experts from the academic and corporate sector, with diverse backgrounds in business, social science, and philosophy Addresses a range of relevan. |
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| Item Description: | Papers originally presented at the Japha Symposium held in Boulder, Colorado, fall 2005, under auspices of Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 225 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470692547 0470692545 9781405182126 1405182121 1282348442 9781282348448 9786612348440 6612348445 0470691670 9780470691670 1280932813 9781280932816 9786610932818 6610932816 |