| Columbia UP | Experiments in Democracy by J. Benjamin Hurlbut

New from Columbia University Press   MORE NEW RELEASES MORE MEDICINE AND BIOETHICS  TITLES Experiments in Democracy Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics J. Benjamin Hurlbut "Where is American democracy made? In this path-breaking study of bioethics bodies, Hurlbut finds answers in an unexpected place. Tracing the contorted history of US debates on human embryo research, he brilliantly reveals the power accorded to scientific authority in establishing the preconditions, and even the right language, for valid moral reasoning. Full of original insights, and supported by a wealth of archival research, this is political theory remade with the tools of science and technology studies. It deserves a place beside John Rawls' seminal works on democratic deliberation and public reason."-Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise and perils of scientific progress that debate over its development has become a moral and political imperative. From in vitro fertilization to embryonic stem cell research, cloning, and gene editing, Americans have repeatedly struggled with how to define the moral status of the human embryo, whether to limit its experimental uses, and how to contend with sharply divided public moral perspectives on governing science. Read more ... $65.00 $45.50 | Hardcover | 376 pages | £54.00   USE COUPON CODE "EMAIL" AND SAVE 30% STAY CONNECTED

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