The development of biotechnology has produced nothing short of a revolution, both in our capacity to manipulate living things from single plant cells to human nature itself, but also to manufacture brand new life forms.

Chapter 1 Modern Errors, Ancient Virtues, Stephen R.L. Clark; Chapter 2 Biotechnology and Agriculture, David Colman; Chapter 3 Genetic Engineering and the North-South Divide, Søren Holm; Chapter 4 The Fruits of Body-Builders' Labour, Hillel Steiner; Chapter 5 The Moral Status of Extracorporeal Embryos, Bonnie Steinbock; Chapter 6 IVF and Manipulating the Human Embryo, Susan Kimber; Chapter 7 Manipulation of the Germ-Line, Janice Wood-Harper; Chapter 8 How to Assess the Consequences of Genetic Engineering?, Heta Häyry; Chapter 9 Who Owns MO?, Charles A. Erin; Chapter 10 What 'Bugs' Genetic Engineers about Bioethics, Peter R. Wheale, Ruth M. McNally; Chapter 11 Categorical Objections to Genetic Engineering -A Critique, Matti Häyry; Chapter 12 Biotechnology, Friend or FOE? Ethics and Controls, John Harris; Chapter 13 Genetic Engineering and Ethics in Germany, Ulla Wessels; Chapter 14 Genetic Engineering in Theology and Theological Ethics, Anthony Dyson;