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Article: From eugenics to eugenics. (Books).(Playing God?: Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate)(Book Review)
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- CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health
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- September 22, 2002
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Playing God?: Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate
Chicago, 2002. $21.99 (cloth).
It's hard to find a book that is really worth reading, let alone exciting, on any aspect of biotechnology. So much of what is on offer is nothing more than a thinly disguised sales pitch for biotechnology, by which I mean genetic engineering--not brewing beer or making bread or selecting seeds for next year's crop. It was therefore with great pleasure that I read John Evans's careful analysis and thoughtful description of the social and political construction of the professional activity called bioethics.
I was drawn to the ...