Biotechnology and the new right: Neoconservatism's red menace

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Moreno, Jonathan D ^a   Berger, Sam ^a  

^a CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Intellectual history; Marx; Neoconservative; Politics; Progressive

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICIST; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CAPITALISM; COMMODIFICATION; COMMUNISM; ETHICISTS; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MORALS; OWNERSHIP; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148896665     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701587925     Document Type: Article

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