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9781402069208

Altering Nature

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    9781402069208

  • ISBN10:

    1402069200

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-03
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
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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; viz., 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.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Spiritual and Religious Concepts of Naturep. 13
Philosophical Approaches to Naturep. 63
Scientific and Medical Concepts of Nature in the Modern Period in Europe and North Americap. 137
Ethical Challenges of Patenting "Nature": Legal and Economic Accounts of Altered Nature as Propertyp. 199
Technogenesis: Aesthetic Dimensions of Art and Biotechnologyp. 275
Indexp. 323
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