Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology

Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2002
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801872308
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801872303
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.54 x 9 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Clash of Culture and Biology
Best Sellers Rank: #2,594,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #174 in Genetics (Books) #295 in Medical Ethics (Books) #376 in Literary Theory
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