Bioethics: The Ethics of Evolution and Genetic Interference
By (Author) Herbert Matare
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th October 1999
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Bioethics
Human biology
Genetics (non-medical)
Genetic engineering
174.957
Hardback
160
Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book sets out to explore the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution, and to the development of civilization and culture. From this scientific approach, the author concludes that new rules of ethics are required in order to maintain and improve the civilization and culture of humanity. Matare argues for corrective, genetic interference and explores the moral implications.
H.F. MATAR is President of International Solid State Electronics Consultants and Director of Compound Crystals, Inc. He has worked in and directed a number of research laboratories in France, Germany, and the United States. Matar has published extensively in science journals, and has lectured in universities in Germany and the United States. He is listed in Who's Who in Science, American Men of Science, Who's Who in the West, Leaders in American Science, Who's Who in California, A Century of Honors, IEEE, Dictionary of International Biography, and others. He is patentee of more than sixty patents, among them the first European transistor patent in 1948.