9780739184875-0739184873-Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

ISBN-13: 9780739184875
ISBN-10: 0739184873
Author: Ronald Sandler, John Basl
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780739184875
ISBN-10: 0739184873
Author: Ronald Sandler, John Basl
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback 304 pages

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Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (ISBN-13: 9780739184875 and ISBN-10: 0739184873), written by authors Ronald Sandler, John Basl, was published by Lexington Books in 2015. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Civil & Environmental (Engineering, Evolution, Ethics & Morality, Philosophy, Social Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Civil & Environmental books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.51.

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Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation cloning. In human health contexts, it is exemplified in the development of synthetic biology, bionanotechnology, and human enhancement technologies. Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection) that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology. This collection advances and enriches our understanding of the ethical issues raised by these technologies and identifies general lessons about the ethics of engineering complex biological and ecological systems that can be applied as new technologies and practices emerge. The insights that emerge will be especially valuable to students and scholars of environmental ethics, bioethics, or technology ethics.

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