[Review of:] The lives to come : the genetic revolution and human possibilities / Philip Kitcher. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1996

Mauron, Alex

doi:10.1017/S0730938400025028

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[Review of:] The lives to come : the genetic revolution and human possibilities / Philip Kitcher. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1996

ContributorsMauron, Alex

Published inPolitics and the life sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 339-340

Publication date1997

Abstract

Writing books about the ethics of genetics has become a cottage industry. In this particular genre, Philip Kitcher does a much better job than most. As usual, the book's dust jacket presents quotes from various people who have nice things to say about the author. However, that Richard Lewontin, Jon Beckwith, and Jim Watson would all praise the same book and its author is surprising.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités

Research group

Ethique biomédicale (783)

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MAURON, Alex. [Review of:] The lives to come : the genetic revolution and human possibilities / Philip Kitcher. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1996. In: Politics and the life sciences, 1997, vol. 16, n° 2, p. 339–340. doi: 10.1017/S0730938400025028

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PID : unige:84246
DOI : 10.1017/S0730938400025028

ISSN of the journal0730-9384

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