Evolution, biotechnology, and the normative significance of created order
It is widely assumed by proponents and opponents of biotechnology alike that the permissibility of biotechnological alteration of human nature and respect for human nature as constituent of a divinely created order are incompatible. I argue, however, that concepts of created order that accommodate t...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press
2015
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Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-25 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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| Summary: | It is widely assumed by proponents and opponents of biotechnology alike that the permissibility of biotechnological alteration of human nature and respect for human nature as constituent of a divinely created order are incompatible. I argue, however, that concepts of created order that accommodate the change and variation of human nature that is due to evolutionary processes also permit in principle the alteration of human nature by biotechnology. It follows that opponents of biotechnological alteration of human nature cannot legitimately appeal to these concepts. |
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| ISSN: | 0826-9831 |
| Contains: | In: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt.3151 |