Title The Body Politic : The Battle Over Science in America.

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New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (278 pages)
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Contents	Title Page; Praise; ALSO BY JONATHAN D. MORENO; Dedication; Epigraph; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE -- SCIENCE IN AMERICA; American Science and the Enlightenment Legacy; The Founders as Scientists; Moral Asylums; The "Internal Improvements" Debate; Evolutionary Philosophy; The Progressive Era; The Progressive Legacy; CHAPTER TWO -- THE POLITICS OF HEREDITY; Biology in Politics; Progress Imperfect; Eugenic Sterilization; Liberal Eugenics?; Muscle-bound Biology?; Personalized Genetics; CHAPTER THREE -- DANGEROUS IDEAS; The New Biology; Challenging the "Ladder of Nature"
	Enter the BioethicistsWho's in Charge?; The "Invisible College" Redux; Trust in Science; CHAPTER FOUR -- THE STEM CELL DEBATE; Let the Debate Begin; Enter the Clones; Stemming Progress?; Behind the Stem Cell Lines; Bioethics in the New Biopolitics; Embryo Ethics; Beyond the Embryo; Stem Cells Abroad; Owning the Idea; CHAPTER FIVE -- VALUING HUMANITY; Neoconservative Roots; Rethinking Biotechnology; Problems with Capitalism; The German Philosophers Strike Back; Against Technology; Taking Precautions; All Too Human?; CHAPTER SIX -- CROSING LINES; Abortion; Privacy, Power, and End-of-Life Decisions
	The Next Terri Schiavo Case?(Bio)marking Time; Enter the Minotaur; Fusion and Confusion; Crossing Boundaries; Life from Nonlife?; Connecting the Dots; The Shape of Things to Come; CHAPTER SEVEN -- IN DEFENSE OF PROGRESS; Science and Progressives; Racing Ahead; Fixed on Science?; Science Surprises; Fire from the Left; Whither Biopolitics?; One Body Politic; REFERENCES; INDEX; Copyright Page
Summary	<Div><I>The Body Politic</I> is the first comprehensive history of the significance and struggles over science in America.</div>
Language	English.
Subject	Science -- Social aspects.
	Medical policy -- Social aspects.
	Medical policy -- Social aspects.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	Science and civilization.
	Medical policy -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01014530
	Science -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108360
	Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
	Sciences - General.
Added Title	Body Politic
Other Form:	Print version: 1934137383
ISBN	9781934137468 (electronic bk.)

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