BioConservatism

A Listmania! list by J. Hughes "jhughes@changesurfer.com" (Hartford, CT USA)
 
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
1.  Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
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  "The leading neo-bio-con argument against transhumanism"
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Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age
2.  Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age by Bill McKibben
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  "The ecoLuddite argument against transhumanism"
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Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
3.  Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness by Leon Kass
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  "The Bush admin's opening salvo against human enhancement"
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Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream
4.  Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream by Carl Elliott
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  "Very well-writen complaint about capitalism making us want body modifications"
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Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics
5.  Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics by Leon R. Kass
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  "Kass commission's call for a ban on therapeutic cloning"
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Brave New World
6.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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  "The classic dystopian novel, referenced as biocon shorthand"
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Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics
7.  Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics by Leon R. Kass
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  "A sleeping aid"
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Ritalin Nation: Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
8.  Ritalin Nation: Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness by Richard J. Degrandpre
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  "Argues kids don't need Ritalin; we just need to reform society and schools"
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Being Human: Core Readings in the Humanities
9.  Being Human: Core Readings in the Humanities by Leon Kass
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  "Kass commission's recommended biocon readings"
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Algeny: A New Word--A New World
10.  Algeny: A New Word--A New World by Jeremy Rifkin
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  "A classic anti-biotech manifesto"
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Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World
11.  Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World by Wesley J. Smith
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  "Embryonic stem cell cloning will lead to apocalypse"
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Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy (Colson, Charles)
12.  Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy (Colson, Charles) by Charles W. Colson
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  "The Christian Right agenda against biotech"
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Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality (Horizons in Bioethics Series)
13.  Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality (Horizons in Bioethics Series) by C. Ben Mitchell
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  "The Christian Right agenda against life extension"
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Does God Need Our Help?: Cloning, Assisted Suicide, & Other Challenges . . (Vital Questions)
14.  Does God Need Our Help?: Cloning, Assisted Suicide, & Other Challenges . . (Vital Questions) by John Frederic Kilner
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  "More Christian Right agenda against biotech"
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The Abolition of Man
15.  The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
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  "Lewis' classic argument against human genetic self-determination"
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The Mother Machine: Reproductive Technologies from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Wombs
16.  The Mother Machine: Reproductive Technologies from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Wombs by Gena Corea
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  "Feminist opposition to reproductive technology"
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Recreating Motherhood
17.  Recreating Motherhood by Barbara Katz Rothman
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  "Reprotech is a capitalist/patriarchal/technophile plot"
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Future Perfect
18.  Future Perfect by Professor Lori B. Andrews
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  "Andrews joins the bioLuddite movement"
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Women As Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle over Women's Freedom
19.  Women As Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle over Women's Freedom by Janice G. Raymond
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  "More feminist critiques of reprotech"
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The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology
20.  The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology by Lori B. Andrews
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  "Cloning would be bad"
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The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life
21.  The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life by Andrew Kimbrell
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  "Biotech is bad because it desacralizes life"
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Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives
22.  Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives by Nicols Fox
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  "A charting, and celebration, of the Luddite bias in pop culture"
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Rebels Against The Future: The Luddites And Their War On The Industrial Revolution: Lessons For The Computer Age
23.  Rebels Against The Future: The Luddites And Their War On The Industrial Revolution: Lessons For The Computer Age by Kirkpatrick Sale
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  "A defense and celebration of the Luddites"
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