Altering Nature

ISBN: 9781402069208

出版年: 2008-7

页数: 340

定价: $ 270.07

内容简介

This volume analyzes concepts of nature and 'the natural' in discussions of biotechnology with four broad concerns in mind. First, it surveys the recent history of biotechnology debates and identifies characteristic reactions and approaches to new biotechnological developments that invoke appeals to nature. Second, it analyzes concepts of nature and 'the natural' as they are invoked and interpreted in five characteristic modes of discourse; videlicet spirituality and religion, philosophy, science and medicine, law and economics, and aesthetics. Third, it identifies a core cluster of ontological, epistemological, moral, and aesthetic questions that arise in conversations about nature as normative. Fourth, it highlights the findings of each of the five chapters, identifies areas of contrast and commonality, and identifies areas for further research.