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The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics
The Future is Now America Confronts the New Genetics Author:William Kristol This collection, edited by William Kristol and Eric Cohen, aims to chronicle the start of the great national debate over stem cell research. It looks back, beginning with selections from Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis, who first imagined the possibility of a Brave New World many decades ago. It looks forward, moving on to the current debate over h... more »uman cloning and stem cells, including articles, essays, speeches and testimony from genetic enthusiasts and critics, scientists and moralists, politicians and scholars. An original introduction by Kristol and Cohen maps out the major disagreements, the questions ahead, and their own view that America's unchecked faith in technological progress needs a radical reconsideration. Visit our website for sample chapters!« less