The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine Sean Illing Humanism is a philosophy that

Humanism is a philosophy that emphasizes the value of human life in all its creative potential within a secular context

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This is the first paperback edition of the only English-language translation of the Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin's The Equality of the Human Races

The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine Sean Illing Humanism is a philosophy thatWhy do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three hereditary diseases: Tay Sachs, commonly identified with Jewish Americans; cystic fibrosis, often labeled a ''Caucasian'' disease; and sickle cell disease,