TY - BOOK ID - 217113 TI - Concepts of 'nature' and 'the natural' in biotechnology debates AU - Lustig, B. Andrew. AU - Brody, Baruch A. AU - McKenny, Gerald P. PY - 2008 SN - 1281675482 9786611675486 1402069219 1402069200 PB - [Dordrecht] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Bioethics. KW - Philosophy of nature. KW - Biotechnology KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Political aspects. KW - Nature KW - Nature, Philosophy of KW - Natural theology KW - Philosophy KW - Chemical engineering KW - Genetic engineering KW - Biology KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Life sciences KW - Life sciences ethics KW - Science KW - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:217113 AB - The two volumes of Altering Nature consider the complex ways that concepts of 'nature' and 'the natural' are understood and the relevance of those understandings to discussions of biotechnology. Volume One, Concepts of 'Nature' and 'The Natural' in Biotechnology Debates, offers nuanced accounts of the ways that nature is invoked and interpreted, both descriptively and prescriptively, by different disciplines, including perspectives from spirituality and religion, philosophy, science and medicine, law and economics, and aesthetics. In the context of that broad discussion, Volume Two, Religion, Biotechnology, and Public Policy, reviews recent religious and ethical analyses of four specific areas of biotechnology: assisted reproduction, genetic therapy and enhancement, human-machine incorporation, and biodiversity. It identifies and explores the richer normative themes that inform particular debates and suggests ways that policy choices in biotechnology may be illuminated by devoting greater attention to religious perspectives. ER -