Sentences with phrase «one's genetic endowment»

Another year brings us many, many genes closer to understanding the human genetic endowment.

Any belief system that seeks to separate people on the basis of genetic endowment or different physical or intellectual features is simply inadmissible in human society.»

They have understood themselves in terms of a duality of nature and spirit or of a duality between genetic endowment and culture.

IDing crooks from the DNA in their fingerprints, the 8 percent of our genome that came from viruses, and the plant that laughs at our puny genetic endowment.

Far from being a rotting husk, the modern Y, tiny though it is, is turning out to be a highly evolved and surprisingly important part of men's wider genetic endowment, responsible for far more than just maleness.

In addition to dispositional factors, such as genetic endowments, they also are affected by co-workers, supervisors and the type of organization and culture of the company where they work.»

We are not slaves to ancient genetic endowment.

If our genetic endowments were biotechnologically equalized, the race of life would become much tougher and more judgmental.

In The Case Against Perfection, Michael Sandel writes, in (despite himself) a kind of Rawlsian spirit, that «if our genetic endowments are gifts, rather than accomplishments for which we can take credit, it is a mistake and a conceit to assume that we are entitled to the full measure of the bounty they reap in a market economy.»

Indeed, «if we knew enough about my genetic endowment and childhood socialization, the opportunities and incentives available to me and the beliefs and principles by which I evaluate them, we could fully explain why I am sitting here writing this chapter.»

-- Man's growing powers to shape his own destiny by extending his control over an enlarging range of external things and the emerging possibility of manipulating his own inner life and perhaps his genetic endowments.

Therefore, while distinct notions of right or wrong are largely absent from our genetic endowment, mounting evidence in neurosciences shows that some minimal inborn attributes do exist, and the most common and fundamental manifestation of these is the goal of survival.

What was it in our genetic endowment and experience and in the laws of nature?

Researchers are also hoping that it will open the door to answering some of the most basic questions about the nature of our genetic endowment, though no one expects the answers to come easily: making sense of the information produced by «blind» sequencing will be a daunting task.

His research has convinced him that, with proper care, the contemporary human's genetic endowment will support a healthy life into the mid to late eighties.

The goal of personalized medicine is to improve patient outcomes by tailoring treatments based on an individual's biologic makeup, including their genetic endowment.

We will focus on two of our genetic endowments: