Taking biology seriously : what biology can and cannot tell us about moral and public policy issues / Inmaculada de Melo-Martín.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2005], ©2005.

x, 161 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-156) and index.

1. Misunderstanding biology : epistemological, scientific, and moral problems -- 2. Biological explanations and social responsibility -- 3. An introduction to the science of cloning -- 4. Cloning, or not, human beings -- 5. Putting human cloning where it belongs -- 6. Obtaining genetic information -- 7. Genetic information and moral obligations -- 8. Moral obligations, genetic information, and social context -- 9. On the need to take biology seriously.