Are genes us? : the social consequences of the new genetics / edited by Carl F. Cranor.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1994], ©1994.

vi, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Mapping and sequencing the human genome / Larry L. Deaven -- Anticipating the consequences of genetic engineering : past, present, and future / Charles Weiner -- Vital language / Richard Doyle -- Human nature, Weismannism, and the interpretation of genetic information / James F. Griesemer -- Master molecules / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Normality and variation : the Human Genome Project and the ideal human type / Elisabeth A. Lloyd -- Errare humanum est : do genetic errors have a future? / Camille Limoges -- Genetic causation / Carl F. Cranor -- Eugenic anxieties, social realities, and political choices / Diane B. Paul -- Upside risks : social consequences of beneficial biotechnology / Gregory S. Kavka -- When science enters the courtroom : the DNA-typing controversy / William C. Thompson.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-253) and index