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Far from perfect.(The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering)(Book review)
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, by Michael J. Sandel (Harvard, 176 pp., $18.95)
ADVERTISEMENTS offering $50,000 for Ivy League ova; an athlete running a three-minute mile; a deaf lesbian couple selecting a deaf sperm donor to produce a deaf child; "Viagra for the brain" to improve memory--these are just some of the scenarios that Michael Sandel asks us to consider in his new book The Case against Perfection.
He recognizes that most readers--while these prospects make them uncomfortable--aren't up to the task of explaining why: "When science moves faster than moral understanding, as it does today, men and women ...
- Michael Sandel makes 'The Case Against Perfection'.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor June 5, 2007 700+ words
...expanded from an essay by Sandel in The Atlantic Monthly...One senses that Sandel realizes that the case in favor of genetic engineering is a strong one...unfettered by the given," Sandel concedes. Genetic engineering can be seen as "the...
- Congregation Kehillath Israel to host Sandel.(COMMUNITY EVENTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA) April 6, 2007 700+ words
...and lecturer Michael J. Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert...April 14, Professor Sandel will speak on "The Case...discussion. Professor Sandel has taught political philosophy...Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering."
- A quiet renaissance in Cora Sandel scholarship.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies Rees, Ellen December 22, 2003 700+ words
...1999. Pp. 127. * Essex, Ruth. Cora Sandel: Seeker of Truth. New York: Peter Lang...Pp. 248. * Overland, Janneken. Cora Sandel: En biografi. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1995...theses and articles about the works of Cora Sandel began to increase exponentially. This...
- Elbit Systems' Subsidiary Acquires 20% Interest in Sandel Avionics.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 31, 2006 700+ words
...today that its U.S. subsidiary Kollsman, Inc. has acquired a 20% interest in Sandel Avionics, Inc. ("Sandel") in consideration for $12 million. Sandel, based in Vista, California, produces specialized integrated display systems and...
- The riddle solved: Cora Sandel's "En gate."
- Studies in Short Fiction Rees, Ellen January 1, 1994 700+ words
...twentieth-century Norwegian author Cora Sandel, they find a place populated by marginalized characters. Perhaps precisely because Sandel's work centers on marginality, it has...deserves among Scandinavianists.(1) Sandel herself lived a marginalized life in exile...
- Sandel and FreeFlight Systems Collaborate on New HTAWS Systems Integrated With...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 25, 2009 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- FreeFlight Systems and Sandel Avionics today announce a joint collaboration on the integration of Sandel's ST3400H Helicopter Terrain Awareness...4500 with the ARINC 429 interface. Sandel's new ST3400H is a self contained...
- Loewenstein-Oggo to offer Burlington Industries' Sandel flame barrier as an...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 9, 1986 700+ words
...Loewenstein/Oggo will offer Burlington's Sandel flame barrier as an option on its line of contract seating products. Sandel, unlike many other materials rated...and toxic gases. The introduction of Sandel into the contract seating market is...
- Volleyball: Sandel builds family ties with return to hometown.
- Newspaper article from: Odessa American (Odessa, TX) June 3, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Chris Gove Jun. 3--Scott Sandel took the long road home to Amarillo. Sandel chased the brass ring as a college volleyball...with his profession. "It's just home," Sandel said. "My wife and I are both from Amarillo...
