Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature

by Thomas H. Murray and Gregory E. Kaebnick

Book Overview

A range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.

Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The emergence of this new form of biotechnology, however, raises a variety of ethical questions--first and foremost, whether synthetic biology is intrinsically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262519593
• ISBN13: 9780262519595
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher