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Ethically Challenged

Big Questions for Science

Vol 2

Jonathan Mills (series editor)

‘What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands?’
—Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

From stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilites—the unprecedented developments in science are among the most contentious issues of our times.

Opinion

Ethically Challenged stages a lively debate on a subject that no one can afford to ignore.

-- Fiona Capp, The Age, 3/3/07

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‘What would happen if the reigns of progress slipped from our hands?’
—Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

From stem cell technology and genetic screening to new reproductive possibilites—the unprecedented developments in science are among the most contentious issues of our times.

In this second volume of The Alfred Deakin Debate, a leading surgeon, lawyer, ethicist, religious leader and two scientists pose crucial questions about the future we face. These incisive and wide-ranging essays explore the ethical decisions we must make and ask the question: what must we protect about our humanity for future generations?

Contributors: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Emeritus Professor Miles Little, Cardinal George Pell, Dr Margaret Somerville, Douglas Hilton and Sir Gustav Nossal.

Table of Contents

Contributors:
Doug Hilton
Baroness Helena Kennedy
Miles Little
Gus Nossal
Cardinal George Pell
Margaret Somerville

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