Design and destiny : Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modification / edited by Ronald Cole-Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole-Turner, Ronald, 1948-

Series:

Basic bioethics.

Basic bioethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical genetics--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Medical genetics.

Medical genetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Genetic engineering--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Religion and the Question of Human Germline Modification; 2 Judaism and Germline Modification; 3 The Roman Catholic Magisterium and Genetic Research: An Overview and Evaluation; 4 A Traditional Christian Reflection on Reengineering Human Nature; 5 Germline Gene Modification and the Human Condition before God; 6 Human Germline Therapy: Proper Human Responsibility or Playing God?; 7 Germline Genetics, Human Nature, and Social Ethics; 8 Freedom, Conscience, and Virtue: Theological Perspectives on the Ethics of Inherited Genetic Modification

9 Religion, Genetics, and the FutureSuggestions for Further Reading; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612099328

9781282099326

1282099329

9780262270632

0262270633

9781435628038

1435628039

OCLC:

191868189