A Christian View of Human Enhancement Technologies
Human enhancement technologies are widely used today. Some argue that if studying makes us smarter and exercise makes us stronger, taking pills for the same purposes should be a good thing. Others fear unintended side-effects and warn that such technology is nothing less than cheating. Enhancement a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institution
2022
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Cultural encounters
Year: 2022, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-16 |
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| Summary: | Human enhancement technologies are widely used today. Some argue that if studying makes us smarter and exercise makes us stronger, taking pills for the same purposes should be a good thing. Others fear unintended side-effects and warn that such technology is nothing less than cheating. Enhancement advocates and Christians share the idea that we are made for transformation, but for Christians the goal is not self-expansion but self-emptying as key to participation in Christ's glorification. A pressing question about human enhancement involves the possible use of advanced gene editing (such as CRISPR) to modify future human beings. Christians enter the debate by affirming shared values of justice, social solidarity, and the common good while cautioning about ways in which technology might warp the expectations parents have of future children and prioritizing the needs of the most vulnerable among us. |
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| ISSN: | 1550-4891 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural encounters
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