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Bioethics and the character of human life : essays and reflections/ Gilbert Meilaender.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meilaender, Gilbert, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bioethics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Bioethics.
- Christianity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethics.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- I. Bioethics and Public Life :
- Bioethics and the character of human life
- Bioethics in public : reflections on an experience
- Biotech enhancement and the history of redemption
- Stem cells and torture
- II. Thinking Theologically : Life's Beginning :
- The future of babymaking
- The end of sex : "finis" or "telos" 00 Designing our descendants
- A yellow light for gene editing
- III. Thinking Theologically : Life's Ending :
- How not to write (or think) about euthanasia
- Gifts of the body : procuring organs for transplant
- Comforting when we cannot heal : the ethics of palliative sedation
- Christian living toward dying
- IV. Thinking Theologically : To be a Person :
- An ecumenism of time
- The "unrepeatability" of persons
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781725251304
- 1725251302
- Publisher Number:
- 99985216555
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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