WHAT PUTS THE ‘YUCK’ IN THE YUCK FACTOR?

The advances in biotechnology have given rise to a discussion concerning the strong emotional reaction expressed by the public towards biotechnological innovations. This reaction has been named the ‘Yuck-factor’ by several theorists of bioethics. Leon Kass, the former chairman of the President'...

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Main Author: Niemelä, Jussi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
In: Bioethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 267-279
Further subjects:B yuck-factor
B Disgust
B Cloning
B stem-cell research
B Cognition
B folk biology
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