E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Carson / Rothstein Behavioral Genetics
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7492-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The Clash of Culture and Biology
E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7492-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Contributors
Foreword, Floyd E. Bloom
Preface
Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotype Variation in Genetic Boosterism
In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics
Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits
Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effect on Culture and Law
Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State
The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure
The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic Age