Justine Burley & John Harris 
A Companion to Genethics [PDF ebook] 

List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction : Justine Burley (University of Manchester and
Exeter College, Oxford) and John Harris (University of
Manchester).
1. Stem cells: C.N. Svendsen (University of Cambridge).
2. Gene therapy for neurological disorders: P.R. Lowenstein
(Gene Therapeutics Institute).
3. Cloning in biology and medicine: Ian Wilmut (Roslin
Institute)Genetics of old age: Thomas B.L. Kirkwood (University of
Newcastle).
4. The ethical legacy of Nazi medical war crimes: Paul Weindling
(Oxford Bookes University).
5. Biotechnology and animals: Bernard E. Rollin (Colorado State
University).
6. The role of informed consent in genetic experimentation:
Søren Holm (University of Oslo).
7. Testing children and adolescents: Dorothy Wertz (University
of Massachusetts).
8. Genetic testing of children: Lainie Friedman Ross (University
of Chicago).
9. Mapping the human genome and ‚Monster Mythology‘: George J.
Annas (Boston University).
10. The moral status of the gene: Mary Anne Warren (San
Francisco State University).
11. The ethical use of human embryonic stem cells in research
and therapy: John Harris (University of Manchester).
12. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and embryo selection:
Bonnie Steinbock (State University of New York at Albany).
13. Individual autonomy and genetic choice: Matthew Clayton
(Brunel University).
14. Cloning and public policy: Ruth Macklin (Albert Einstein
College of Medicine).
15. Sex-selection: The feminist response: Diemut Bubeck (London
School of Economics).
16. Creating perfect people: Philip Kitcher (Columbia
University).
17. Genetics and personal identity: Carol Rovane (Columbia
University).
18. Genetic determinism and gene selection: Richard Dawkins
(University of Oxford and New College).
19. The ‚Darwin Wars‘ and the human self image: Janet Radcliffe
Richards (University College London.
20. Religion and Gene Therapy: Gerald Mc Kenny (Rice
University).
21. ‚Race‘, genetics and human difference:
Hussein Kassim (University of London).
22. Self-ownership, begetting and germ-line information: Hillel
Steiner (University of Manchester).
23. Justice, genetics and lifestyles: Inez de Beaufort (Erasmus
University).
24. Commercial exploitation of the human genome: Ruth Chadwick
(Lancaster University) and Adam Hedgecoe (University College
London).
25. Forensic DNA typing: David Wasserman (University of
Maryland).
26. Privacy and genetics: Madison Powers (Georgetown
University).
27. DNA banking: Bartha Maria Knoppers (University of
Montreal).
28. Genetic difference in the workplace: Michael Yesley (Los
Alamos National Laboratory).
29. The insurance market and discriminatory practices: Tom
Sorell (University of Ethics).
30. Legal and ethical issues in biotechnology patenting: Pilar
Ossorio (American Medical Association.
31. Patented genes: Mark Sagoff (University of Maryland, College
Park).
32. Property, patents, and genetic material: Stephen Munzer
(University of California, Los Angeles).
33. Genetic screening from a public health perspective: Scott
Burris (Temple University) and Lawrence Gostin (Georgetown
University).
Afterword: Sir David Weatherall (University of Oxford).
Index

Justine Burley is Adjunct Associate Professor at the
National University of Singapore. Most recently, she was a Lecturer
at the University of Oxford. She served as Fellow of the Institute
of Medicine, Law and Bioethics (1995-1998) at Oxford and as Simon
Fellow at the University of Manchester (1998-2002). She is editor
of The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights (1999) and Dworkin and
His Critics (Blackwell, 2004).
John Harris is Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics
at the University of Manchester where he is also Director of the
Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and Academic Director of the
Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics. He is the author of
Violence and Responsibility (1980), The Value of Life (1985),
Wonderwoman and Superman (1992), and Clones, Genes and Immortality
(1998). He has also co-edited Experiments on Embryos (1990), Ethics
and Biotechnology (1994), and The Future of Human Reproduction
(1998).