The Noble Lie by Gary Greenberg

Is drug addiction really a disease? Is sexuality inborn and fixed or mutable? This book shows how scientists try to use their findings to resolve the dilemmas raised by some of the contested issues such as gay rights, euthanasia and the drug war. Top page

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Is drug addiction really a disease? Is sexuality inborn and fixed or mutable? Science is where we often turn when we can't achieve moral clarity. In "The Noble Lie", acclaimed and controversial science writer Gary Greenberg shows how scientists try to use their findings to resolve the dilemmas raised by some of the most hotly contested issues of our time, from gay rights to euthanasia and the drug war. He reveals how their answers often turn out to be more fiction than science - and explores whether they cause more harm than good. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

City: Chicester

Pages: 256

More info: height 241 mm width 165 mm weight 462 gr thickness 24 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 500 Library of Congress Subject: Science - Moral and ethical aspects

Summary The Noble Lie Acknowledgments.Introduction.Chapter 1: Addiction.\Chapter 2: Depression: In the magic Factory.Chapter 3: Sexual Orientation: gay Science.Chapter 4: Schizophrenia: In the Kingdom of the Unabomber.Chapter 5: Brain Death: As Good as dead.Chapter 6: Persistent Vegetative State: Back From the Dead.Chapter 7: Mortality: We'll All Wake Up Together.Afterword.Index. Top page

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