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As the debates over cloning and stem cell research indicate, issues raised by biotechnology combine research into the genetic sciences, perspectives and contexts articulated by the social sciences, and the ethical and anthropological concerns of philosophy. Consequently, I argue that intervening in the debates over biotechnology requires supra-disciplinary critical philosophy and social theory to illuminate the problems and their stakes. In addition, debates over cloning and stem cell research raise exceptionally important challenges to bioethics and to a democratic politics of communication.
Anyone who thinks that things will move slowly is being very naïve—Lee Silver, Molecular Biologist.
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Best, S. (2009). Genetic Science, Animal Exploitation, and the Challenge for Democracy. In: Gigliotti, C. (eds) Leonardo’s Choice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2479-4_1
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