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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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c 2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Further subjects: | 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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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 219 S., Ill, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-567-03079-2 978-0-567-03079-5 |
