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Genetic Testing and the Use of Information
Genetic Testing and the Use of Information
Edited by Clarisa Long
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

In this study, leading scholars confront the question: should individuals be allowed personal property rights to their DNA, cells, or tissues?   [Read More]
America's Disconnected Youth
America's Disconnected Youth
Toward a Preventive Strategy
By Douglas J. Besharov
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book addresses the difficulties that some adolescents have in making the transition from adolescence to productive adulthood.  [Read More]
Underclass Revisited
The Underclass Revisited
By Charles Murray
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book examines statistics on illegitimacy, criminality, and the dropout rate from the labor force for four checkpoints from 1954 to 1997.   [Read More]
Feeding the Poor
Feeding the Poor
Assessing Federal Food Aid
By Peter H. Rossi
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

In the midst of the welfare reform revolution, this book examines five major food assistance programs, whose combined annual budgets approach $40 billion.  [Read More]
The Ethics of Human Cloning
The Ethics of Human Cloning
By Leon R. Kass, M.D., James Q. Wilson
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This accessible volume promises to inform the public policy debate over the permissible conduct of genetic research and the permissible uses of its discoveries.  [Read More]
The Moral Sense
The Moral Sense
By James Q. Wilson
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

The author takes the unfashionable view that a moral sense is part of our basic nature, albeit one that competes with our narrowly defined self-interest.  [Read More]
Why Some Men Don't Use Condoms
Male Attitudes about Condoms and Other Contraceptives
Edited by Douglas J. Besharov, Karen N. Gardiner, Molly Parker, Felicia H. Stewart
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book examines male contraceptive use in the United States.  [Read More]
To Renew America
To Renew America
By Newt Gingrich
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book calls for a return to mainstream American civilization and the basic principles upon which our country was founded.  [Read More]
Business as a Calling
Business as a Calling
Work and the Extended Life
By Michael Novak
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book is a practical guide to the ethical responsibilities of individuals and firms based on moral theory and the real-world experiences of business professionals.  [Read More]
To Empower People
To Empower People
From State to Civil Society
By Peter L. Berger, Richard John Neuhaus
Edited by Michael Novak
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book examines the crucial importance of such "mediating structures" as family, church, and neighborhood to a healthy civil society.  [Read More]
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