LEADER 04313nam 22004692 4500001 ssib016581627 003 WaSeSS 005 20240212080422.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 981222e19990303nyua s|||||||| 2|eng|d 020 9780231108492 020 0231108494 (Trade Paper) |cUSD 29.00 Retail Price (Publisher) |9Active Record 024 3 9780231108492 035 (WaSeSS)ssib016581627 037 |b00006325 040 BIP US |dWaSeSS 049 EREENEHH 050 0 E184.7 082 00 306.76/6/072 |221 100 1 Murphy, Timothy F. |eAuthor |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Gay Science |h[electronic resource]: |bThe Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research 260 New York : |bColumbia University Press 300 320 p. |bill |c22.600 x 016.000 cm. 440 0 Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 8 Annotation |b "Gay Science" is the first comprehensive examination of the ethical questions surrounding sexual orientation research. Bioethicist Timothy Murphy presents the views of many gay men and women who detect ominous motives behind this research. If a genetic marker were discovered for homosexual tendencies would genetic screening be used to further discriminate against gay people? If a method for changing sexual orientation were developed would it would be forced upon gay adults, or children whose parents suspected they might grow up to be gay? Given the potential for its misuse, is sexual orientation research fundamentally unethical?Murphy acknowledges that much of sexual orientation research to date has been bad science, questionable in its motives and methodologically unsound. He examines the social and historical conditions, from the 1880s to the present, that spawned this research and reviews the findings that have often perpetuated confusion about homosexuality. He assesses five major studies on sexual orientation undertaken in the 1990s, from neuroanatomist Simon leVay's study of certain brain structures in gay men to the work of psychologist Joseph Nicolosi. He questions the flawed and simplistic assumptions about sexuality made by much of this research, Murphy argues that a true science of sexual orientation would not be focused exclusively upon homosexuality nor presuppose its pathology. Throughout the book Murphy argues that concerns about the potential misuses of this research do not justify its prohibition. Tackling gay science's most troubling aspects, he contends that if this research leads to the development of effective sexual orientation therapies, informed adults should have the choice to undergo them; he also examines the factors that weigh in favor of a parental right to choose or attempt to influence the sexual orientation of a child, and the ethical limits to such a right. Pointing to the potential benefits of sexual orientation research as well as acknowledging its potential for harm, Murphy ultimately defends gay science in the name of free scientific inquiry. "Gay Science" argues that the way to ensure the future of gay people is not through censoring sexual orientation research but through working toward a society which uses reseach as a way of dinstinguishing myth from fact and not as an instrument of discrimination. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 4 Sexual Orientation 650 4 Homosexuality 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 710 2 EBSCO Publishing (Firm) |=^A272205 856 40 |zFull text available from LGBT Life with Full Text |uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?db=qth&jid=256X&scope=site&custid=s5822723&authtype=ip,shib 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 955 Books In Print, (c) 2014 R.R. Bowker LLC 596 1 3 4 998 4965944