BIOCRACY : public policy and the life sciences.: public policy and the life sciences. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: CALDWELL, LYNTON KEITH
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Biopolitics: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy; Science-Politics and Ethics; Biopolitical Issues; Basis of Biopolicy; Bridging the Gaps; A "New Science""?; Notes; 2 Social Response to Advances in the Life Sciences; Political Truth and Biological Fact; The Relevance/Irrelevance of Nature; The ""Injustice"" of Nature; The Imperatives of Nature; Possibilities and Conjectures; Notes; 3 Health and Homeostasis as Societal Concepts; The Provenance of Homeostasis; Physiocracy; Malthusianism; Spencerian Social Theory Comparisons of Equilibrium TheoriesThe Wisdom of Society?; Convergent Concepts; Biocracy-The Politics of Homeostasis; Toward a Science of Social Systems; Social Stability as Systems Behavior; Is Social Health a Meaningful Concept?; Notes; 4 Biological Relevance of Historical Experience; The Limits of Experience; Discovering Relevance; Lessons from History?; The Parable of Easter Island; Examining the Record; The Judgment of History; Notes; 5 Life Sciences as Problems for Politics and Law; Hazards of New Knowledge; Rational Basis of Law and Equity; Biocracy Reshaping Law Conceptualization of LifeEvaluation of Life; Justice and Equity; Freedom and Responsibility; Safety and Survival; And Toward What Conclusions?; Notes; 6 Biocratic Interpretations of Ethical Behavior; Ethical Basis of Politics; Conceptual Sources of Bioethics; Bioethics and Social Theory; The Fitness Concept; The Ethic of Dynamic Homeostasis; Bioethics in Political Action; Notes; 7 Biocracy and Bureaucracy: Coping with Conflict; A New Heresy?; What Sociobiologists Say; From Biology to Biopolitics; Biopolitics and Civic Consensus; Confrontation with Bureaucracy; Notes 8 Biotechnology: Options, Benefits, and RisksOpportunities and Limitations; Costs and Risks; Equities and Economics; Fractionated Policy Constituencies; Policy and Control; Is Rational Policy Possible?; Notes; 9 International Consequences of Applied Biology; International Context of Applied Biology; Health and Nutrition; Population and Human Reproduction; Agriculture and Food; Biological Variety and Diversity; Summation; Notes; 10 Biocrats and Democrats: Allies or Adversaries?; Biocracy and Ideology; Rhetorical and Functional Democracy; The Biology of Behavior; A Brave New World?; Notes
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 303.483; Life sciences -- Social aspects; Life sciences -- Political aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429043703; 0429043708; 9780429701924; 0429701926; 9780429741944; 0429741944; 9780429721939; 0429721935
• Related ISBNs: 0367013843; 9780367013844
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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