The nature of our humanity : ethical issues in genetics and biotechnology
The nature of our humanity : ethical issues in genetics and biotechnology
- 자료유형
- 단행본 서양서
- 최종처리일시
- 20100113175851
- ISBN
- 9780800664428 : $25
- ISBN
- 9780800664428 (alk. paper)
- DDC
- 241.64957-22
- 청구기호
- 241.64957 J56n
- 저자명
- Jersild, Paul T. , 1931-
- 서명/저자
- The nature of our humanity : ethical issues in genetics and biotechnology by Paul Jersild
- 발행사항
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2009
- 형태사항
- xvii, 187 p ; 23 cm
- 주기사항
- Includes index.
- 내용주기
- 완전내용Introduction -- Part I: Christian faith and our biological past -- The emergent human being -- Relating faith to evolutionary biology -- God the creator -- The emergent human being -- Sin and the fall -- Redemption in Jesus the Christ -- Relating evolutionary biology to faith -- To be human is to be in relationship -- Biological evolution and human nature -- Reconceptualizing the soul -- Concluding thoughts -- Human nature and biological reductionism -- Scientific materialism -- The response of intelligent design -- A critique of scientific materialism -- Searching for the biological basis of religion -- Human nature and the gene -- From mendel to watson and crick -- The structure and function of DNA -- Continuing questions about the gene -- The human genome project -- The interaction of organism and environment -- A God gene? -- Genes, culture, and faith in God -- Part II: Christian faith and our biotech future -- Human nature and the impact of biotechnology -- Theses concerning human nature -- Defining biotechnology -- Developments in biotechnology -- Creating a superior human being -- The human machine -- Scenarios of the future -- Human nature and genetic engineering -- What is genetic engineering? -- From therapy to enhancement -- The enhancement argument -- The anti-enhancement argument -- The "genocentric" fallacy -- Ethics and human fulfillment -- Theological concerns -- Human nature and the human future -- Human nature and the quest for immortality -- Living with the prospect of death -- The controversial embryonic stem cell -- Stem cells, telomeres, and the lifespan -- Other aging factors -- Biblical insights on human mortality -- A critique of the immortality quest.
