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

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.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2008]

System Details:

text file

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:

1 Religion and the Question of Human Germline Modification / Ronald Cole-Turner 1

2 Judaism and Germline Modification / Elliot N. Dorff 29

3 The Roman Catholic Magisterium and Genetic Research: An Overview and Evaluation / Thomas A. Shannon 51

4 A Traditional Christian Reflection on Reengineering Human Nature / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. 73

5 Germline Gene Modification and the Human Condition before God / Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Amy Michelle DeBaets 93

6 Human Germline Therapy: Proper Human Responsibility or Playing God? / James J. Walter 119

7 Germline Genetics, Human Nature, and Social Ethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill 145

8 Freedom, Conscience, and Virtue: Theological Perspectives on the Ethics of Inherited Genetic Modification / Celia Deane-Drummond 167

9 Religion, Genetics, and the Future / Ronald Cole-Turner 201.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262270632

0262270633

0262533014

9780262533010

0262033739

9780262033732

1282099329

9781282099326

9781435628038

1435628039

OCLC:

191868189

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