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AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program
Behavioral Genetics Project
Additional Resources
This list is intended to provide some additional information on organizations,
projects and publications related to issues surrounding behavioral genetics.
Neither the AAAS nor The Hastings Center is responsible for the availability
or content of these external sites; nor do they necessarily endorse or warrant
the information or services described or offered at these sites.
Organizations
Educational Centers and Research Programs
The Kennedy Institute of
Ethics, Georgetown University has information on their Bioethics coursework,
research and references.
Publications, Websites, and Additional Reading
- Virtual
Library on Genetics, U.S. Department of Energy
- The DNA Files features public radio
documentaries on genetics, including one entitled "Genes
and Behavior," as well as interactive
ethical scenarios related to genetic issues.
- Essays from leading philosophers, ethicists and legal scholars address issues
raised by genetic research on criminal behavior in Genetics
and Criminal Behavior (David Wasserman and Robert Wachbroit, eds.,
(Cambridge and NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001)).
- National Institute of Mental Health, Introduction
to the Comples Genetics of Mental Disorders
- New Republic Online article in two parts by Francis S. Collins et al.
addressing behavioral genetics: "Have No Fear. Genes Aren't Everything.
Heredity and Humanity. (1, 2)"
- Behavior Genetics,
an international journal devoted to research in the inheritance of behavior.
- Behavioral
Genetics '97: ASHG Statement
- Behavioral Genetics
(American Psychological Association)
- Our Genes/
Our Choices is part of a three-part PBS series, the third of which, Genes
On Trial: Genetics, Behavior, & the Law, examines--using the Fred
Friendly format--the social, ethical, and legal dilemmas surrounding genetic
research, as well as examines the limits of personal responsibility.
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