Ethics of Biotechnology

Taylor & Francis

The essays collected in this volume examine emerging biotechnical capacities and the turbulent power relations these capacities are bringing into the world. The volume has an innovative approach to the subject and focuses on the underlying cultural and institutional forces that shape how biotechnologists approach the world. > The essays collected in this volume provide students of ethics with essential tools for making sense of emerging biotechnical capacities and the turbulent power relations these capacities are bringing into the world. Unlike previous reference works in bioethics, which focus on specific domains of human activity (such as genetic research or biomedicine), this volume directs students\u2019 attention to the underlying cultural and institutional forces that shape how biotechnologists approach the world, and teaches students how to weigh the ethical significance of these forces. This innovative approach to the ethics of biotechnology, detailed in the volume\u2019s.