Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Genetic Identity and Self-Knowledge | |
A Few Words from a "Wise" Woman | p. 3 |
The Human Genome Project and Human Identity | p. 18 |
Knowledge in Human Genetics: Some Epistemological Questions | p. 34 |
Some Concerns about Self-Knowledge and the Human Genome Project | p. 46 |
Reductionism and Genetics: A Response | p. 49 |
The Human Genome Project and Epistemology | p. 53 |
Commentary on Genetic Knowledge and Self-Understanding | p. 59 |
Genes and Osteogenesis Imperfecta | p. 63 |
The Possible Uses and Abuses of Genetic Knowledge | |
Is Human Genetics Disguised Eugenics? | p. 67 |
Molecular Biology: How Can We Translate the Laboratory? | p. 84 |
Communicating Genetics: Journalists' Role in Helping the Public Understand Genetics | p. 104 |
Genetic Discrimination: The Use of Genetically Based Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests by Employers and Insurers | p. 122 |
Human Capital and the Discourse of Control: Comment on Paul | p. 164 |
Commentary on Paul | p. 169 |
Communicating Complex Genetic Information | p. 172 |
Problems Translating Laboratory Information for High School Students: Are We Doomed? | p. 178 |
Reflections on the Law and Ethics of the Human Genome Project | p. 183 |
Why Fund ELSI Projects? | p. 189 |
Genders, Races, and Future Generations | |
Constructs of Genetic Difference: Race and Sex | p. 195 |
Species, Races, and Genders: Differences Are Not Deviations | p. 207 |
The Ethics of Human Germ-Line Genetic Intervention | p. 220 |
Commentary: Diversity | p. 232 |
Commentary on Hull and Hubbard | p. 236 |
Response to Walters | p. 241 |
Notes on Contributors | p. 245 |
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