| Toward a More Natural Science Contributor(s): Kass, Leon R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0029170710 ISBN-13: 9780029170717 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1988 Annotation: The promise and the peril of our are inextricably linked with the promise and the peril of modern science. On the one hand, the spread of knowledge has overcome superstition and reduce fear born of ignorance, and the application of science through technology has made life less poor, nasty, brutish and short. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Science | Ethics - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 85001570 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.03" W x 9.25" (1.20 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The relation between the pursuit of knowledge and the conduct of life--between science and ethics, each broadly conceived--has in recent years been greatly complicated by developments in the science of life. This book examines the ethical questions involved in prenatal screening, in vitro fertilization, artificial life forms, and medical care, and discusses the role of human beings in nature. |