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