Published by Mit Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
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Published by Mit Pr, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
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Published by ISSR / MIT Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-library. Originally bound as paperback, includes original wrappers. 237 pp.
Published by MIT Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 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.We are approaching the day when advances in biotechnology will allow parents to design a baby with the traits they want. The continuing debate over the possibilities of genetic engineering has been spirited, but so far largely confined to the realms of bioethics and public policy. Design and Destiny approaches the question in religious terms, discussing human germline modification (the genetic modification of the embryonic cells that become the eggs or sperm of a developing organism) from the viewpoints of traditional Christian and Jewish teaching. The contributors, leading religious scholars and writers, call our attention not to technology but to humanity, reflecting upon the meaning and destiny of human life in a technological age. Many of these scholars argue that religious teaching can support human germline modification implemented for therapeutic reasons, although they offer certain moral conditions that must be met.The essays offer a surprising variety of opinions, including a discussion of Judaism's traditional presumption in favor of medicine, an argument that Catholic doctrine could accept germline modification if it is therapeutic for the embryo, an argument implying that traditional Christian teaching permits germline modification whether for therapy or enhancement, and a classical Protestant view that germline modification should be categorically opposed.ContributorsLisa Sowle Cahill, Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ronald Cole-Turner, Amy Michelle DeBaets, Celia Deane-Drummond, Elliot Dorff, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Thomas A. Shannon, James J. Walter.
Published by The MIT Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
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Published by The MIT Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0262033739 ISBN 13: 9780262033732
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