ARTICLE AND COMMENTARIES

    Human Nature and Political Theory: Can Biology Contribute to the Study of Politics?
    Roger D. Masters 120

    Commentaries

    Rousseau, Biology, and Political Theory
    Larry Arnhart 127

    Commentary on "Human Nature and Political Theory"
    Jean Bethke Elshtain 129

    Biology and the Concept of Natural Right: A Commentary on Master's Article
    Margaret W. Gruter 131

    Biopolitics and Political Philosophy
    Christopher J. Kelly 133

    Toward a Biosocial Model of Human Nature: Integrating Insights from the Life Sciences
    Joseph Losco 136

    On Biosocializing Political Theory: Some Thoughts on Implications
    Kent F. Moors 138

    Human Nature: The Inescapable Problem
    Fred H. Willhoite, Jr. 142

    Author's Response
    Roger D. Masters 144

    ARTICLE AND COMMENTARIES

    Biotechnology and the Developing Countries
    Sanford Lakoff 151

    Commentaries

    Biotechnology and the Third World: Toward a Global Political-Economic Perspective
    Frederick H. Buttel, Martin Kenney, Jack Kloppenburg, Jr. 160

    Biotechnology and the Social Sciences: A Critique
    Kenneth A. Dahlberg 164

    Presidential and Legal Aspects and the Development of a Strategic Biotechnology Doctrine
    William Kitchin 167

    Biotechnology and the Developing Countries
    Norman K. Nicholson 171

    Biotechnology and Development or Where's Prometheus Going Now?
    Charles A. Reilly 173

    Biopolicy Must Include "Technopolicy"
    Don W. Shephard 177

    Biotechnology and the Developing Countries: Opportunities and Obstacles
    Harold J. Simon 178

    Biotechnology and the Developing Countries: The Same Old Story?
    Raymond Zilinskas 181

    Author's Response

    Sanford Lakoff 183

    FURTHER COMMENTARY

    Directing the Course of Biotechnology: Biological Weapons
    Burke K. Zimmerman 188

    LETTERS 192

    RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

    Reputed Changes in Social Scientists' Sympathies Regarding the Nature- Nurture Controversy: An Exploratory Comparison
    Lee Ellis 194

    Ethical and Value Choices in the Selection of Agricultural Research Goals
    Kenneth A. Dahlberg 198

    RECENT ARTICLES AND PAPERS 199

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Science and the National Environmental Policy Act: Redirecting Policy through Procedural Reform (Lynton K. Caldwell)
    Précis 201
    Samuel M. Hines, Jr. 201
    William Lasser 202
    Lettie M. Wenner 203

    Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes (Frans de Waal)
    Précis 204
    Ivan D. Chase 204
    Margaret W. Gruter 206
    Roger D. Masters 208
    Donald R. Omark 210
    Albert Somit 211

    Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of Mind (Charles J. Lumsden and Edward O. Wilson)
    Précis 213
    David P. Barash 213
    Peter A. Corning 215
    Glendon Schubert 219
    Elliott White 223

    Evolution and Human Nature (Richard Morris)
    Précis 225
    Mark A. Emmert 225
    Melvin A. Kulbicki 226
    Joseph Losco 228
    Steven A. Peterson 229

    BOOKS RECEIVED 230

    NEWS 232

    SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS 239

     

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