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Wrestling with behavioral genetics : science, ethics, and public conversation / edited by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, and Nancy Press.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.Description: xxxv, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801882249 (alk. paper)
  • 9780801882241 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.7 22
LOC classification:
  • QH457 .W747 2006
NLM classification:
  • 2006 B-552
  • QH 457
Online resources:
Contents:
Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 1 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 2 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Whither human behavioral genetics? / Jonathan Beckwith -- Mobiles: a gloomy view of research into complex human traits / Eric Turkheimer -- Using genetics to understand human behavior: promises and risks / Steven E. Hyman -- Social construction and medicalization: behavioral genetics in context / Nancy Press -- Behavioral genetics and explanations of the link between crime, violence, and race / Troy Duster -- Impulsivity, responsibility, and criminal law / Harold Edgar -- Behavioral genetics and equality / Dan W. Brock -- Behavioral genetics and moral responsibility / Gregory E. Kaebnick -- Normality and the significance of difference / Robert Wachbroit -- Creating public conversation about behavioral genetics / Leonard Fleck -- Laypeople and behavioral genetics / Celeste Condit, Roxanne Parrott, and Tina Harris -- Behavioral genetics and the media / Rick Weiss.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 1 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Behavior: its nature and nurture, part 2 / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Whither human behavioral genetics? / Jonathan Beckwith -- Mobiles: a gloomy view of research into complex human traits / Eric Turkheimer -- Using genetics to understand human behavior: promises and risks / Steven E. Hyman -- Social construction and medicalization: behavioral genetics in context / Nancy Press -- Behavioral genetics and explanations of the link between crime, violence, and race / Troy Duster -- Impulsivity, responsibility, and criminal law / Harold Edgar -- Behavioral genetics and equality / Dan W. Brock -- Behavioral genetics and moral responsibility / Gregory E. Kaebnick -- Normality and the significance of difference / Robert Wachbroit -- Creating public conversation about behavioral genetics / Leonard Fleck -- Laypeople and behavioral genetics / Celeste Condit, Roxanne Parrott, and Tina Harris -- Behavioral genetics and the media / Rick Weiss.

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