Future perfect?: god, medicine and human identity
Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for? Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Perfect humans or trans-humans? Ted Peters -- Human nature and the human condition Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare Søren Holm -- In whose image? Representations of technology and th...
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2010
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| En: | Año: 2010 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Medical Technology
Moral and ethical aspects Congresses
B Medical Technology Congresses Moral and ethical aspects B Human genetics Social aspects Congresses B Human genetics Congresses Social aspects |
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| Sumario: | Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for? Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Perfect humans or trans-humans? Ted Peters -- Human nature and the human condition Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare Søren Holm -- In whose image? Representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity Elaine Graham -- In the waters of Babylon: the moral geography of the embryo Michael S. Northcott -- Neuroscience and the modification of human beings D. Gareth Jones -- Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences Gordon McPhate -- Medicine, science and virture Neil Messer -- Forecasting the future: legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams -- Never too late to live a little longer? The quest for extended life and immortality: some ethical considerations Ulf G͏̈örman -- Genetic perfection, or fulfulment of creation in Christ? Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Future perfect? God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality Celia Deane-Drummond -- Saving us from ourselves: christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine Brent Waters |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 196-212.- Index Formerly CIP Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index |
| ISBN: | 0567234010 |