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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821460503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-09932-9

9786612099328

0-262-27063-3

1-4356-2803-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Basic bioethics

Altri autori (Persone)

Cole-TurnerRonald <1948->

Disciplina

201/.666065

Soggetti

Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Judaism

Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Christianity

Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Judaism

Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.