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The Genetic Lottery

Science and Nature

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The Genetic Lottery

Why DNA Matters for Social EqualityBy Kathryn Paige HardenNarrated by Katherine Fenton

The Genetic Lottery

Length10h 4m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton makes a provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health—and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what equality really means in a world where people are born different. Weaving together personal stories with scientific evidence, Harden shows why our refusal to recognize the power of DNA perpetuates the myth of meritocracy, and argues that we must acknowledge the role of genetic luck if we are ever to create a fair society. Reclaiming genetic science from the legacy of eugenics, this groundbreaking book offers a bold new vision of society where everyone thrives, regardless of how one fares in the genetic lottery.

Audiobook details

GenreScience and Nature

Length10 hrs 4 mins

Narrated byKatherine Fenton

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateSep 21, 2021

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Part 1, Taking Genetics Seriously, Chapter 1 - Introduction

7Chapter 7 - The Mystery of How

2Chapter 2 - The Genetic Lottery

8Part 2, Taking Equality Seriously, Chapter 8 - Alternative Possible Worlds

3Chapter 3 - Cookbooks and College

9Chapter 9 - Using Nature to Understand Nature

4Chapter 4 - Ancestry and Race

10Chapter 10 - Personal Responsibility

5Chapter 5 - A Lottery of Life Chances

11Chapter 11 - Difference without Hierarchy

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6Chapter 6 - Random Assignment by Nature

12Chapter 12 - Anti-Eugenic Science and Policy, Closing Anno

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