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New Tools, New Dilemmas: Genetic Frontiers
Author(s) -
Nolan Kathleen,
Swenson Sara
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562223
Subject(s) - expansive , pace , scope (computer science) , eugenics , determinism , identity (music) , genetic counseling , engineering ethics , psychology , sociology , political science , computer science , law , biology , epistemology , engineering , genetics , philosophy , geography , materials science , compressive strength , geodesy , composite material , programming language , aesthetics
The powerful new methods, expansive scope, and accelerated pace of human molecular genetics combine to catapult us into ethically unfamiliar territory. These features lend special urgency to questions of genetic ownership and privacy, disease and normalcy, identity and genetic determinism, and early diagnosis and therapy.