New Dimensions in Bioethics: Science, Ethics and the Formulation of Public Policy

I. Preface; A.W. Galston. Introduction; A.W. Galston, E.G. Shurr. The Authors. II. The Social Function of the Scientist; J. Lederberg. III. Genetics. Race, Human Genes, Human Origins; K.K. Kidd. Can Agricultural Biotechnology Solve World Hunger? E. Messer, N. Dudnik. Genetic Predisposition and the Politics of Prediction; D. Nelkin. IV. Environment Industrial Ecology and Global Change; R. Socolow. Ethical, Environmental and Public Health Implications of Pesticide Use; D. Pimentel, K. Hart. Falling Leaves and Ethical Dilemmas; A.W. Galston. Animal Matters; S. Donnelley. Environmental Values in Peace and War; A.H. Westing. V. Medicine Roe v. Wade as a Counter-Revolutionary Manifesto: A Retrospective View; R.A. Burt. Home Sweet Hospital: The Nature and Limits of Family Responsibility for Home Health Care; C. Levine. Ethics and Public Policy in a Democracy: The Case of Human Embryo Research; W.A. Galston. Human Sacrifice and Human Experimentation: Reflections at Nuremberg; J. Katz. Index.