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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Main Author: McKenny, Gerald P. 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Toronto Press 2015
In: 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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