Playing God ! - Human Genetic Engineering & the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate 1959-1995 : Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(10) Framework for Understanding the Thinning of a Public Debate 11(34) Setting the Stage: The Eugenicists and the Challenge from the Theologians 45(27) Gene Therapy, Advisory Commissions, and the Birth of the Bioethics Profession 72(27) The President's Commission: The ``Neutral'' Triumph of Formal Rationality 99(36) Regaining Lost Jurisdictional Ground and the Triumph of the Bioethics Profession 135(17) ``Reproduction'' as the New Jurisdictional Metaphor: Autonomy and the Internal Threat to the Bioethics/Science Jurisdiction 152(22) Conclusion: The Future of Public Bioethics and the HGE Debate 174(31) Appendix: Methods and Tables 205(22) Notes 227(56) Works Cited 283(14) Index 297