Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New Biopolitics

Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New Biopolitics
ISBN-10
0520277821
ISBN-13
9780520277823
Category
Social Science
Pages
552
Language
English
Published
2018-03-13
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Osagie K. Obasogie, Marcy Darnovsky

Description

"For several decades, the field of bioethics has played a dominant role in shaping the way society thinks about ethical problems related to developments in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphases on, for example, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and individual autonomy have led the field to not be fully responsive to the challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic enhancement, and DNA forensics. Beyond Bioethics provides a focused overview for students and others grappling with the profound social dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to a new perspective that is grounded in social justice and public interest values. The contributors to this volume seek to define an emerging field of scholarly, policy, and public concern: a new biopolitics."--Provided by publisher.

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