Culture Clash: Law and Science in America

by Steven Goldberg

Book Overview

It is an article of faith in America that scientific advances will lead to wondrous progress in our daily lives. Americans proudly support scientific research that yields stunning breakthroughs and Nobel prizes. We relish the ensuing debate about the implications--moral, ethical, practical--of these advances. Will genetic engineering change our basic nature? Will artificial intelligence challenge our sense of human uniqueness? And yet the actual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814730574
• ISBN13: 9780814730577
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"