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Subject(s)

• Human biology—Moral and ethical aspects [Browse]

Related name

• CRC Press LLC [Browse]

Series

• Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 45. [More in this series]
• Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 45 [More in this series]

Summary note

Suitable for students, scholars and those interested in human evolution, genetics and biological diversity, this work analyses biological explanations for morality, criminality, witchcraft, 'race', sexuality and disability.

Notes

Title from content provider.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front Cover; Preface; About the Cover; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Contents; Introduction; 1. Is There a Biological Basis for Morality?; 2. Biological Determinism and its Critics: Some Lessons from History; 3. The Scientific and Cultural Meaning of the Odious Ape-Human Comparison; 4. Everyday Explanations of Diversity and Difference: The Role of Lay Ontologizing; 5. Inventing the History of a Genetic Disorder: The Case of Huntington's Disease; 6. Constructing and Deconstructing the ""Gay Gene"": Media Reporting of Genetics, Sexual Diversity, and ""Deviance""
• 7. The Dilemma of Predictable Disablement: A Challenge for Families and Society8. Race in Medicine: From Probability to Categorical Practice; 9. The Truth Will Out: Scientific Pragmatism and the Geneticization of Race and Ethnicity; 10. Indigenous Peoples, Bioanthropological Research, and Ethics in Brazil: Issues in Participation and Consent; 11. To the Science, To the Living, To the Dead: Ethics and Bioarchaeology; 12. Seeing Culture in Biology; Index

ISBN

• 0-429-12292-6
• 1-280-65318-3
• 9786610653188
• 1-4200-0417-4

OCLC

• 781359692
• 1080584422
• 1066560591

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