Toward a More Natural Science

by Leon R. Kass

Book Overview

The relation between the pursuit of knowledge and the conduct of life--between science and ethics, each broadly conceived--has in recent years been greatly complicated by developments in the science of life. This book examines the ethical questions involved in prenatal screening, in vitro fertilization, artificial life forms, and medical care, and discusses the role of human beings in nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029170710
• ISBN13: 9780029170717
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A fundamental book for anyone interested in bioethics

Kass asks the fundamental question "do we wish to live longer in order to live better, or do we wish to live better in order to live longer?" By going through the roots of medicine and the hippocratic oath, Kass shows what the healing arts are meant to be, and he exposes what the curing industry is rapidly becoming. Kass also takes an indepth look at science itself as it relates to research, ethics and the most basic levels of the human condition.