Bioethics: The Ethics of Evolution and Genetic Interference

by Herbert Matare

Overview

Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book sets out to explore the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution and to the development of civilization and culture. From this scientific approach, the author concludes that new rules of ethics are required in order to maintain and improve the civilization and culture of humanity. Mataré argues for corrective genetic interference and explores the moral implications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897894616
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/1999
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

H.F. MATARÉ is President of International Solid State Electronics Consultants and Director of Compound Crystals, Inc. He has worked in and directed a number of research laboratories in France, Germany, and the United States. Mataré has published extensively in science jourbanals, and has lectured in universities in Germany and the United States. He is listed in Who's Who in Science, American Men of Science, Who's Who in the West, Leaders in American Science, Who's Who in California, A Century of Honors, IEEE, Dictionary of International Biography, and others. He is patentee of more than sixty patents, among them the first European transistor patent in 1948.

Table of Contents

Introduction: World Comprising Transcendency of Evolutionary Experience
Evolution as a Principle in Nature
Evolution in the Mammalian Sphere
Evolution in the Human Sphere
Evolution and Culture
Consequences for the Future
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Explores how modern understanding of nature's laws interfere with the natural process of eliminating the sick and regressive by extinction, how human actions and controls interfere directly with the old natural process of evolution, and the possible development of a short cut for the time-consuming process of natural elimination through the active interference of animal breeding and genetic engineering. The author concludes with his bioethics' ten commandments, for example, personal freedom and voting rights should be proportional to the individual's contribution to the community and its progress. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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