Brave New Worlds
Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Human Biotechnology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4886710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Morgan, S Philip Morgan (0009-0003-2269-5368, Duke University), Suzanne Shanahan (Duke University), Whitney Welsh (0009-0006-8749-3080, Duke University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 127-144 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00055.x |
| OpenAlex | W2148981720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Advances in biotechnology have important applications to the core demographic concerns of human reproduction and longevity, raising a number of difficult ethical issues. In the debate over those issues, however, the voices of demographers and other social scientists are nearly silent. In the United States the dominant bioethical arguments currently heard come from a conservative political and ideological position, represented, for example, by the President's Council on Bioethics and in particular by its chairman, Leon Kass. A critical discussion of Kass's writings identifies the philosophical roots of that position and highlights its logic and limits. Kass's specific arguments on cloning can be challenged by applying them to an earlier and revolutionary technology, birth control; his views on death and dying would argue for curtailing investment in life-extending technology. Conservatism of this kind ignores social science perspectives and forecloses opportunities for social change
Bioethics · Biology · Conservatism · Environmental ethics · Human cloning · Humanity · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Law · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Philosophy · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |