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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.666065
• Soggetto topico: Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Judaism; Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Christianity; Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Judaism; Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto non controllato: PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics
• Altri autori: Cole-TurnerRonald <1948->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Design and destiny
• ISBN: 1-282-09932-9; 9786612099328; 0-262-27063-3; 1-4356-2803-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778336003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Basic bioethics.