- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Jun 30 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521478073
- ISBN-13: 978-0521478076
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 367 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,765,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by geneticaly engineering animals...this book will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest in genetic engineering." The Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
"...the book is engaging and nicely crafted, well-informed about relevant scientific details and public policy, and constructive in tone and content....The Frankenstein Syndrome is a well-written, engaging, thoughtful, and thought-provoking book that is must reading for everyone interested in the ethics of genetic engineering. Again, all who read it are likely to learn from it." Bioethics
"The Frankenstein Syndrome constitutes another important contribution to that work- and to the litertaure on genetic engineering..." Steve F. Sapontzis, Between the Species
"Dr. Rollin does an excellent job dissecting the various philosophies underlying the views for and against genetic engineering of animals. Rollin examines a broad spectrum of information, and his writing style makes this book very readable for anyone seeking to better understand this important topic." Amy Coxon, Ethics & Medicine
"...the book is engaging and nicely crafted, well-informed about relevant scientific details and public policy, and constructive in tone and content....The Frankenstein Syndrome is a well-written, engaging, thoughtful, and thought-provoking book that is must reading for everyone interested in the ethics of genetic engineering. Again, all who read it are likely to learn from it." Bioethics
"The Frankenstein Syndrome constitutes another important contribution to that work- and to the litertaure on genetic engineering..." Steve F. Sapontzis, Between the Species
"Dr. Rollin does an excellent job dissecting the various philosophies underlying the views for and against genetic engineering of animals. Rollin examines a broad spectrum of information, and his writing style makes this book very readable for anyone seeking to better understand this important topic." Amy Coxon, Ethics & Medicine
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This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology that has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subject, the author attempts to inform, not inflame, the reader about the real problems society must address in order to manage this technology. Nontechnical and anecdotal in nature, written by a professor of philosophy, physiology and biophysics, this book will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest in genetic engineering.
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Should re-name the book, Jan 30 2012
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This review is from: The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals (Paperback)
This book is terrible. It's not about genetic engineering, it's about animal research issues (which I know are related, but he gives obscure examples that in no way relate to the topic in the title). What's worse, I was on his side, and I HATED this book!He claims in the beginning that he will spend half the book on the pro, half on the con, and that's not what happened at all. He spent about 10% on the topic in general, 99% of which was on the con. In the pro arguments, he used the same examples he had already used in the con and then immediately shot them down again. Just repetitive and awful to read.
If you do choose to read this book (or you're forced to for some reason) be sure to understand these terms, as they pop up a whole lot:
intrinsically wrong (not what you think, apparently there are 3 definitions, which he lays out for you about 1/3 of the way through the book)
vis a vis
prima facie
The author is pretty stuck on himself. He writes about all the talks he's given, how he's convinced the masses unintentionally about the wrong-ness of things, just by being an excellent speaker. His writing has no direction or relation and he writes as if he's God's gift to the rights of research animals. Should rename the book: "How I, B. Rollin, made fantastic strides miles above anyone else in regards to the ethical treatment of research critters." Subtitled: "Oh, and I'll mention a few pages worth of 'the Frankenstein thing.'"
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