Genetic prospects : essays on biotechnology, ethics, and public policy / edited by Verna V. Gehring.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003], ©2003.

vii, 132 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic engineering and the concept of the natural / Mark Sagoff -- Unnatural farming and the debate over genetic manipulation / Paul B. Thompson -- Genetic engineering and our human nature / Harold W. Baillie -- Normal humans, human nature, and genetic lessons / Robert Wachbroit -- Finessing nature / Richard M. Zaner -- Stem cell research and the legacy of abortion -- Robert Wachbroit -- What makes genetic discrimination exceptional? / Deborah Hellman -- My fair baby : what's wrong with parents genetically enhancing their children? / David Wasserman -- The ethics of making the body beautiful : what cosmetic genetics can learn from cosmetic surgery / Sara Goering.