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Exploring a Moral Landscape: Genetic Science and Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Barbara Nicholas
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Abstract

This project draws on scholarship of feminist and womanist scholars, and on results of interviews with scientists currently involved in molecular genetics. With reference to Margaret Urban Walker's “practices of moral responsibility,” the social practices of molecular geneticists are exphred, and strategies identified through which scientists negotiate their moral responsibilities. The implications of this work for scientists and for feminists are discussed.

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Hypatia , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , Winter 2001, pp. 45 - 63
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Copyright © 2001 by Hypatia, Inc.

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