Impotence and Intransigence: State Behavior in the Throes of Deepening Global Crisis
Yuwa Wong 3

Commentaries

State Behavior, Individual Behavior, and the Legacy of Biology in a Troublesome World
David P. Barash 15

Impediments to Rational Responses to Ecological Threats
Stephen Boyden 17

Evolutionary Logic and International Politics
Vincent S.E. Falger 19

Structural Explanations of the Limits of State Competence in an Age of Environmental Decay
Richard Falk 21

The Evolution of the State: Necessity and Frustration
Peter Meyer 23

The Evolution of Anarchy vs. the Evolution of Cooperation
J. David Singer 26

Parasitism and Corruption: State Behavior in the Throes of Deepening Global Crisis
Pierre L. van den Berghe 29

International Cooperation and Global Environmental Challenges
Paul Wapner 31

Impotence and Intransigence: An Unavoidable Evolutionary Curse?
David L. Weimer 33

Response

Optimism, Pessimism, and Evolutionary Thinking
Yuwa Wong 35

ARTICLES

National and International Approaches to Human Germ-Line Gene Therapy
Andrea L. Bonnicksen 39

Dilemmas of a Dual-Use Technology: Toxins in Medicine and Warfare
Jonathan B. Tucker 51

Paternal-Fetal Conflict: An Examination of Paternal Responsibilities to the Fetus
Joseph Losco and Mark Shublak 63

SYMPOSIUM—BIOETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

A National Forum for Bioethics: Attractive but Unworkable or Workable but Unattractive
Robert H. Blank 77

Bioethics, Public Policy, and Political Science
Ira H. Carmen 79

Searching for a Variety of Bioethics Forums
Cynthia B. Cohen 82

On Restoring Public Bioethics
John C. Fletcher 84

Bioethics and Public Policy in Australia
Lynn Gillam 87

Bioethics May Transform Public Policy in Japan
Darryl Macer 89

Another Forum for Bioethics in U.S. Public Policy?
Deborah Mathieu 91

What to Do Until the Philosopher Kings Come: Bioethics and Public Policy in Canada
Judith Miller 93

The Ethics of Government Bioethics
Ellen H. Moskowitz 96

"A Single National Voice for Bioethics": Reflections from Europe
David Shapiro 98

Federal Bioethics: Methodology, Expertise, and Evaluation
Daniel Wikler 100

Bioethics and Public Policy: Still Seeking a Forum
Kathi E. Hanna, Robert M. Cook-Deegan, and Robyn Y. Nishimi 102

SYMPOSIUM—THE DUALITY OF HUMAN NATURE

Human Nature: Duality or Triality?
Paul D. MacLean 107

From Duality to Complexity in the Study of Human Nature
Roger D. Masters 112

The Role of Brain Emotional Systems in the Construction of Social Systems
Jaak Panksepp 116

Political Science and Human Nature: A Response to Panksepp, MacLean, and Masters
Trudi C. Miller 120

CONFERENCE REPORT

Biological Perspectives in the Social Sciences
Roger D. Masters 123

Evolution and the Human Sciences
Mary Maxwell 125

BOOK REVIEWS

The Diversity of Life (Edward O. Wilson)
Alice L. Clarke 129

Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviour (Robert A. Hinde and Jo Groebel, eds.)
Ben G. Blount 131

Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy (Larry Gostin, ed.)
Janna C. Merrick 133

American Socialists and Evolutionary Thought, 1870-1920 (Mark Pittenger)
Odelia Funke 134

The Elusive Transformation: Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics (Eugene B. Skolnikoff)
L. Christopher Plein 136

Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics (Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura M. Purdy, eds.)
Anne Donchin 138

Reproduction and Succession: Studies in Anthropology, Law, and Society (Robin Fox)
John H. Beckstrom 140

Understanding Origins (Francisco J. Varela and Jean-Pierre Dupuy, eds.)
Juli Eflin 142

Controversy: Politics of Technical Decisions (Dorothy Nelkin, ed.)
Robert C. Bradley 144

The End of the Empty Organism: Neurobiology and the Sciences of Human Action (Elliott White)
Fred Kort 145

Ill Advised: Presidential Health and Public Trust (Robert H. Ferrell) AND Mortal Presidency: Illness and Anguish in the White House (Robert E. Gilbert)
Hugh L'Etang 147

Of Mice and Women: Aspects of Female Aggression (Kaj Bjorkqvist and Pirkko Niemela, eds.)
Laurette T. Liesen 150

Gene Mapping: Using Law and Ethics as Guides (George J. Annas and Sherman Elias, eds.)
Darryl Macer 152

When Illness Strikes the Leader: The Dilemma of the Captive King (Jerrold M. Post and Robert S. Robins)
Bert E. Park 154

Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values and Policy Choices (Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, and Peter J. Whitehouse, eds.)
Janie S. Steckenrider 156

Social Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality, Volume I: A Comparative Biosocial Analysis (Lee Ellis, ed.)
John M. Strate 158

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 168

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