Behavioral Genetics The Clash of Culture and Biology

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Synopsis

Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at an accelerating rate. Genetic factors in human behavior appear particularly complex and slow to emerge, yet are raising their own set of difficult ethical, legal, and social issues. In Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology, Ronald Carson and Mark Rothstein bring together well-known experts from the fields of genetics, ethics, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, and law to address the cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. The authors discuss a broad range of topics, including the ethical questions arising from gene therapy and screening, molecular research in psychiatry, and the legal ramifications and social consequences of behavioral genetic information. Throughout, they focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good.

Book details

Author:
Floyd E. Bloom, Ronald A. Carson, Mark A. Rothstein
ISBN:
9780801874925
Related ISBNs:
9780801872303
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages:
224
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-11-04
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2003
Copyright by:
The Johns Hopkins University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology