This old house: the human genome and human body as objects of historic preservation.

نویسنده

  • David Wasserman
چکیده

By making radical changes in the long term evolutionary processes of human beings, we damage the human genetic heritage. The concept of a genetic heritage is derived from its cultural counterpart, namely a cumulative achievement or record that we are obliged to pass on from our ancestors to our descendants. It reflects a commitment to natural evolution (or divinely created nature) which should be protected from willful transgression.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences

دوره 22 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003