Ellison,George T.H.

The nature of difference science, society, and human biology / [[Book] :] edited by George T.H. Ellison, Alan H. Goodman. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Taylor & Francis, 2006. - lii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 45. .

"The Wenner-Gren Foundation; Wellcome Trust."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is there a biological basis for morality? /. Biological determinism and its critics : some lessons from history /. The scientific and cultural meaning of the odious ape-human comparison /. Everyday explanations of diversity and difference : the role of lay ontologizing /. Inventing the history of a genetic disorder : the case of Huntington's disease /. Constructing and deconstructing the "gay gene" : media reporting of genetics, sexual diversity, and "deviance" /. The dilemma of predictable disablement : a challenge for families and society /. Race in medicine : from probability to categorical practice /. The truth will out : scientific pragmatism and the geneticization of race and ethnicity /. Indigenous peoples, bioanthropological research, and ethics in Brazil : issues in participation and consent /. To the science, to the living, to the dead : ethics and bioarchaeology /. Seeing culture in biology /. Matt Cartmill -- Robert Dingwall, Brigitte Nerlich, Samantha Hillyard -- Jonathan Marks -- Kevin Durrheim, John Dixon -- Alice Wexler -- Jenny Kitzinger -- Tom Shakespeare -- Richard Ashcroft -- Simon M. Outram, George T.H. Ellison -- Ricardo Ventura Santos -- Bethany L. Turner, Diana S. Toebbe, George J. Armelagos -- Alan Goodman.

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