Nature, Risk and Responsibility

"Nature, Risk and Responsibility: Discourses of Biotechnology explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and prospective implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation and employ a wide range of social theories to evaluate risks and propose responses. A common theme running through the collection is the interplay of discourses of opportunity, risk and responsibility."--BOOK JACKET.