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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
C Ben Mitchell; et al |
| ISBN: | 1589011384 9781589011380 |
| OCLC Number: | 70232311 |
| Description: | xiv, 210 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The rapidly changing world of biotechnology -- Humanity and the technological narrative -- Biotechnology and competing worldviews -- Biotechnology and human dignity -- Biotechnology and the quest for control -- Biotechnology, human enhancement, and the ends of medicine -- Conclusion : toward a foundation for biotechnology. |
| Responsibility: | C. Ben Mitchell ... [et al.]. |
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"Moves the ethical debate over biotechnology to a new level. Biotechnology and the Human Good offers a critical analysis and constructive engagement that is informed, astute, and elegant. A must-read for anyone concerned about the prospect of a posthuman future." --Brent Waters, associate professor of Christian social ethics and director, Stead Center for Ethics and Values, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary "United by their conviction that traditional Christianity must respond to the latest conundrums of biomedical research, the authors of Biotechnology and the Human Good write with clarity and passion. They are cautious without being negative, quite willing to endorse all the genuine benefits of biomedical science but wary of its prospects for remaking human nature. They warn that secular arguments against enhancement won't restrain our enthusiasm to make ourselves more than human. They insist that only a theology that sees humanity as created and redeemed by God will equip us to resist the temptation to re-create and improve ourselves. Not everyone will share their concerns, but everyone will be enriched by the cogency of their arguments and the clear theological framework they develop." --Ronald Cole-Turner, H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Read more...
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- Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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- Biotechnologie.
- Ethik.
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