Cloning the Buddha: The Moral Impact of Biotechnology - Hardcover

Heinberg, Richard

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9780835607728: Cloning the Buddha: The Moral Impact of Biotechnology

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ISBN 10: 0835607720 ISBN 13: 9780835607728

Publisher: Quest Books, 1999

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With penetrating common sense, eco-philosopher and journalist Richard Heinberg tackles some of the thorniest ethical questions we face; Are cloning, organ farming, genetic engineering, and other wonders of biotechnology developments morally aware people can support? If biotech research can cure diseases and feed starving people, wouldn't it be morally wrong not to pursue it?

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"We anticipate lively discussion of the ethical issues Heinberg raises. Readers with very little scientific background ... will be awakened to how greatly knowledge has expanded. Yet, as Heinberg so well describes, knowledge -- especially technical knowledge -- is not wisdom. And it is wisdom he advocates. --from the foreword by Dorion Sagan and Lynn Margulis, Ph.D.
"Nuclear energy taught us that the consequences of powerful new technologies are not foreseeable. Can we assess genetic engineering in a context of ethics and the long term well-being of humanity? Richard Heinberg offers us clear, well-balanced information, expert perspectives and opinions, deep questions -- everything we need to bring our personal expertise to the ongoing debate. His masterful and sensitive treatment of a very hot issue deserves the widest possible audience. --Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D., evolution biologist and author of A WALK THROUGH TIME and BIOLOGY REVISITED
"This scholarly analysis of the moral impact of genetic engineering biotechnology reveals the kind of science and state of mind driving this new "life science" industry. The evident threats to our humanity and to the future of Earth's creation, which cannot be denied, should concern us all." --Dr. Michael W. Fox, senior scholar, bioethics, Humane Society of the United States and author of THE BOUNDLESS CIRCLE
"I would recommend this book as required reading in any course on contemporary issues in science, ethics, economics, governance, medicine, or religion. It is written with understanding of the issue, with grace of presentation, and with thoughtful judgment. --Thomas Berry, author of THE DREAM OF THE EARTH
"This is a powerful, well-researched, good read clearly presenting the issues of genetic engineering. My own reaction to this problem for many years has also been that we need to find the Buddha within before we attempt to clone, lest we end up as the Sorcerer's Apprentice." --Edgar Mitchell, Founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Apollo 14 Astronaut

About the Author:

Richard Heinberg is a journalist, essayist, and lecturer. He publishes an alternative monthly broadside, MUSELETTER, which was named one of Utne Reader's Best Alternative Newsletters. His recent books include A NEW COVENANT WITH NATURE, MEMORIES AND VISIONS OF PARADISE and CELEBRATE THE SOLSTICE.

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