Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New BiopoliticsOsagie K. Obasogie, Marcy Darnovsky For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems related to developments in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphases on individual dynamics such as doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and personal autonomy are minimally helpful in confronting the social and political challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic modification, and DNA forensics. Beyond Bioethics addresses these provocative issues from an emerging standpoint that is attentive to race, gender, class, disability, privacy, and notions of democracy – a “new biopolitics.” This authoritative volume provides a focused overview for those grappling with the profound dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to this new perspective grounded in social justice and public interest values |
Contents
The Biological Inferiority of the Undeserving Poor | 21 |
Why the Nazis Studied American Race Laws | 60 |
BIOETHICS AND ITS DISCONTENTS | 79 |
Disability Rights Approach toward Bioethics? | 106 |
Bioethical Silence and Black Lives | 128 |
EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGIES EXTREME | 151 |
The Genome as Commons | 157 |
Yuppie Eugenics | 163 |
Public Health in the PrecisionMedicine Era | 267 |
SEEKING HUMANITY IN HUMAN | 271 |
The Body Hunters | 280 |
GuineaPigging | 289 |
Human Enhancement and Experimental Research | 301 |
NonConsenting Adults | 314 |
SELECTING TRAITS SELECTING CHILDREN | 359 |
Blond FrecklesHold the Colic | 393 |
Brave New Genome | 169 |
Can We Cure Genetic Diseases without Slipping | 175 |
Cyborg Soothsayers of the HighTech Hogwash | 186 |
MARKETS PROPERTY AND THE BODY | 197 |
Your Body Their Property | 212 |
The Miracle Woman | 228 |
PATIENTS AS CONSUMERS IN THE GENE AGE | 239 |
What Is Your DNA Worth? | 245 |
DirecttoConsumer Genetic Tests Should Come | 252 |
DNA Swabs Please | 259 |
Race in a Bottle | 415 |
All That Glitters Isnt Gold | 428 |
HighTech HighRisk Forensics | 435 |
Die Selfish Gene Die | 445 |
Toward Race Impact Assessments | 461 |
Human Genetic Engineering Demands More Than | 472 |
Afterword by Patricia J Williams | 493 |
List of Contributors | 507 |
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