Altering Nature Volume Two: Religion, Biotechnology, and Public Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lustig, B. Andrew (Editor), Brody, Baruch A. (Editor), McKenny, Gerald P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 98
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Biology > Philosophy.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Philosophy of nature.; Philosophy of Nature.; Philosophy of Man.; Philosophy of Biology.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Philosophy of Science.

The two volumes of Altering Nature consider the complex ways that concepts of 'nature' and 'the natural' are understood and the relevance of those understandings to discussions of biotechnology. Volume One, Concepts of 'Nature' and 'The Natural' in Biotechnolo...

Table of Contents:

• Compatible Contradictions: Religion and the Naturalization of Assisted Reproduction
• Religion, Conceptions of Nature, and Assisted Reproductive Technology Policy
• Religious Traditions and Genetic Enhancement
• How Bioethics Can Inform Policy Decisions About Genetic Enhancement
• The Machine in the Body: Ethical and Religious Issues in the Bodily Incorporation of Mechanical Devices
• Medical Devices Policy and the Humanities: Examining Implantable Cardiac Devices
• Biodiversity and Biotechnology
• Swimming Upstream: Regulating Genetically Modified Salmon.