Toward a More Natural Science: Biology and Human AffairsFree Press, 1985 - 370 pages The promise and the peril of our are inextricably linked with the promise and the peril of modern science. On the one hand, the spread of knowledge has overcome superstition and reduce fear born of ignorance, and the application of science through technology has made life less poor, nasty, brutish and short. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Eroding the Limits | 9 |
The Place of Ethics in Defining | 11 |
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