The Future is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics

This collection of essays, edited by William Kristol and Eric Cohen, provides a comprehensive overview of the national debate on genetic engineering and its implications for human dignity and moral limits.

The book looks back at historical predictions of a Brave New World and moves forward to current debates on human cloning and stem cells, featuring articles, essays, speeches, and testimony from leading scientists, moralists, politicians, and scholars.

With an original introduction that maps out the major disagreements and questions ahead, this book offers a radical reconsideration of America's unchecked faith in technological progress.

Don't miss out on this thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the politics of the 21st century.