Cult books revisited: The legacy of Paul Ramsey's Fabricated Man

In Fabricated Man, Paul Ramsey railed against humans ‘playing God', argued that our embodied nature sets limits on what we may ethically do and established covenant fidelity as a basis for bioethics. Subsequent works in the field have been constrained to respond to his challenges and perspectiv...

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Main Author: Lebacqz, Karen 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 120, Issue: 6, Pages: 403-411
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
NCH Medical ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
Further subjects:B Covenant
B Procreation
B ethics of means
B Embodiment
B playing God
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Summary:In Fabricated Man, Paul Ramsey railed against humans ‘playing God', argued that our embodied nature sets limits on what we may ethically do and established covenant fidelity as a basis for bioethics. Subsequent works in the field have been constrained to respond to his challenges and perspective. This essay notes seven major themes that continue to influence the field of bioethics.
ISSN:2044-2696
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040571X17719655