Changing nature's course : the ethical challenge of biotechnology / edited by Gerhold K. Becker ; in association with James P. Buchanan.

"Articles grew out of the symposium 'Biotechnology and Ethics: Scientific Liberty and Moral Responsibility" held in November 1993, was organized and sponsored by the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University in cooperation with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Goethe Institut."--Foreword.

Biotechnology marks a new scientific revolution. It holds the promise of generating resources to meet our needs in the fight against hunger, disease and environmental disasters. However, critics argue that biotechnology will jeopardize evolution and add incalculable, self-made risks to the fragile conditions of life on this planet. By providing solid information about a new and fascinating scientific development and by exploring the complexity of its ethical dilemmas, this collection offers orientation in a difficult terrain and stimulates the search for answers adequate to the severity of the challenge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biotechnology--the new ethical frontier: an introduction / Gerhold K. Becker -- Production, use and biosafety of genetically engineering resistance to plant virus diseases / Po Tien -- Some environmental and ethical considerations of genetically engineered plants and foods / Philip L. Bereano -- Sacrificed for science: are animal experiments morally defensible? / Raymond Wacks -- Clinical and ethical challenges of genetic markers for severe human hereditary disorders / Rita Kielstein -- Ethical considerations arising from economic aspects of human genetics / Edward S. Golub -- Technology assessment, ethics and public policy in biotechnology: the case of the Human Genome Project / Joel Zimbelman -- The Conflict between the advancement of medical science and technology and traditional Chinese medical ethics / Da-pu Shi and Lin Yu -- In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: technological achievements and ethical concerns / Kazumasa Hoshino -- Moral risk assessment in biotechnology / Hans-Martin Sass -- Anthropology as the basis of bioethics / Reinhard Löw -- Reflections on method in theology and genetics: from suspicion to critical cooperation / Anthony O. Dyson -- Bioethics and genetics in Asia and the Pacific: is universal bioethics possible? / Darryl Macer -- Future-perfect? Biotechnology and the ethics of the unknown: an afterword / James P. Buchanan.

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