Technologies of Life Winter 2000

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Even if you suffer from technophobia, it's time to read up on this bioethics thing. Because sooner or later-sooner, if some thinkers are to be believed-you will have to make an important personal decision based on heretofore unavailable technological options. Whether it's reproduction, caring for an aging parent, or a question of your personal health, we're far beyond the abortion question into a million shades of gray. The following options should provide a low-stress introduction for general audiences.

Duty and Healing: Foundations of a Jewish Bioethic, Benjamin Freedman (Routledge, 1999), 368 pp., $24.99. Examines ethics from the perspective of duty and through the lens of Jewish law. The book discusses case studies, as well as other literature on the topic.

The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World, Jeremy Rifkin (J.P. Tarcher, 1999), 271 pp., $12.95. Rifkin voices concern about cloning and other genetic engineering projects and the pitfalls of their potential commercialization.

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in Twenty-Three Chapters, Matt Ridley (HarperCollins, 2000), 344 pp., $26.00. In one chapter for each of humans' twenty-three chromosome pairs, Ridley provides a layman's explanation of the groundbreaking mapping of the human genome. This wide-ranging book ties art, science, and human history to the study of our DNA.

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World, Kevin Kelly (Perseus, 1995), 521 pp., $18.00. An endlessly provocative tour of life-like technologies-ones that grow, evolve, and might eventually not need us to survive-from the executive editor of Wired.

Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics, Peter ...

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