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As biotechnology continues its rapid expansion , American society is confronted with new and unique bioethical dilemmas . Throughout the history of cinema , science fiction films have addressed ethical issues associated with new ...
As biotechnology continues its rapid expansion , American society is confronted with new and unique bioethical dilemmas . Throughout the history of cinema , science fiction films have addressed ethical issues associated with new ...
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Ultimately , all human behavior - hence all human society — is governed by a chain of determinants that runs from the gene to the individual to the sum of the behaviors of all individuals . ( 6 ) Considering that the goal of eugenics is ...
Ultimately , all human behavior - hence all human society — is governed by a chain of determinants that runs from the gene to the individual to the sum of the behaviors of all individuals . ( 6 ) Considering that the goal of eugenics is ...
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This is exactly the scenario played out in GATTACA , where parents choose for their offspring the traits that are favored by society . An early scene shows Vincent's parents discussing the genetics of their next baby , Anton , with a ...
This is exactly the scenario played out in GATTACA , where parents choose for their offspring the traits that are favored by society . An early scene shows Vincent's parents discussing the genetics of their next baby , Anton , with a ...
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Kenneth Krabbenhoft Uses of Madness in Cervantes | 216 |
Amanda Fernbach The Fetishization of Masculinity in Science | 234 |
Vonda N McIntyres | 256 |
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