{"product_id":"can-science-make-sense-of-life-hardcover","title":"Can Science Make Sense of Life? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Jasanoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science's growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature's mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science's promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Jasanoff\u003c\/b\u003e is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430835306674,"sku":"9781509522705","price":113.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4aaaa9b4f11c5730cf5d2d04bdc24d7e.webp?v=1778577700","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/can-science-make-sense-of-life-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}