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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Other Authors: Kolb, Robert W., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Series:Leeds School series on business and society.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
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.
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