Books in the Science Ethics and Society series

International Governance of Biotechnology concentrates on the need to establish an international regulatory framework for the monitoring of biotechnology research. Comprehensive in scope, this book covers all aspects of regulation associated with what many consider to be a highly contentious area.

Biotechnology and the Good Life explores the relationship between bioscience and "thegood life", drawing from the idea that the point of biomedical research isunavoidably tied to the idea of the good life.

This book discusses the theory that alternative relationship and family structures challenge the privileged status of the nuclear family as the preferable mode of family life for all, and the one to be endorsed and encouraged by society.

This book represents the first comprehensive anthology of papers designed to explore both the state of scientific progress and the ethics, law and history of scientific research. It will appeal to a very wide international audience, offering a truly multidisciplinary analysis of many facets of scientific research.

This book discusses the theory that alternative relationship and family structures challenge the privileged status of the nuclear family as the preferable mode of family life for all, and the one to be endorsed and encouraged by society.