Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics : Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
遺傳研究的實際意義可以為孩子的精神分裂症或自閉症以及將來可能治療遺傳性疾病帶來緩解父母的自責。其他發現 - 或對它們的有害解釋 - 可能造成巨大傷害，例如，通過在遺傳、種族和教育程度之間建立有缺陷的聯繫。
一群跨學科的貢獻者 - 人類遺傳學家，人文主義者，社會科學家，律師和記者 - 聚集在一起，討論行為遺傳學研究的倫理和社會影響。這些文章為讀者提供了必要的工具來批判性地分析行為遺傳學家的發現，探索對這些發現的倫理和社會影響的競爭性解釋，並參與有關他們富有成效的公共對話。
Hardly a month goes by without a media report proclaiming that researchers have discovered the gene for some complex human behavior or trait-intelligence, dyslexia, shyness, homosexuality. The practical implications of genetic research can bring great good-relieving parents of self-blame for a child's schizophrenia or autism and possibly treating genetic diseases in the future. Other findings-or pernicious interpretations of them-can cause great harm, for example, by establishing flawed connections between genetics, race, and educational attainment.
Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics brings together an interdisciplinary group of contributors-human geneticists, humanists, social scientists, lawyers, and journalists-to discuss the ethical and social implications of behavioral genetics research. The essays give readers the necessary tools to critically analyze the findings of behavioral geneticists, explore competing interpretations of the ethical and social implications of those findings, and engage in a productive public conversation about them. This volume provides an accessible introduction to a fascinating and controversial science and the societal and individual implications of its continuing development.
Erik Parens (Editor)
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 978-0801890918
原價 US 25 台幣 NT$875
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