Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity /
Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity /
edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and Peter Manley Scott.
- London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2006.
- xii, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index.
Perfect humans or trans-humans? / Human nature and the human condition / In whose image? Representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity / In the waters of Babylon: the moral geography of the embryo / Neuroscience and the modification of human beings / Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences / Medicine, science and virture / Forecasting the future: legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate / Never too late to live a little longer? The quest for extended life and immortality: some ethical considerations / Genetic perfection, or fulfulment of creation in Christ? / Future perfect? God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality / Saving us from ourselves: christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine / Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Ted Peters -- Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare / S|ren Holm -- Elaine Graham -- Michael S. Northcott -- D. Gareth Jones -- Gordon McPhate -- Neil Messer -- Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams -- Ulf "G|rman -- Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Celia Deane-Drummond -- Brent Waters. Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for? /
0567030792 (hardback)
2006283626
GBA631597 bnb
013426145 Uk
Human genetics--Social aspects--Congresses.
Medical technology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
QH438.7 / .F88 2006
174
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index.
Perfect humans or trans-humans? / Human nature and the human condition / In whose image? Representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity / In the waters of Babylon: the moral geography of the embryo / Neuroscience and the modification of human beings / Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences / Medicine, science and virture / Forecasting the future: legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate / Never too late to live a little longer? The quest for extended life and immortality: some ethical considerations / Genetic perfection, or fulfulment of creation in Christ? / Future perfect? God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality / Saving us from ourselves: christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine / Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Ted Peters -- Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare / S|ren Holm -- Elaine Graham -- Michael S. Northcott -- D. Gareth Jones -- Gordon McPhate -- Neil Messer -- Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams -- Ulf "G|rman -- Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Celia Deane-Drummond -- Brent Waters. Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for? /
0567030792 (hardback)
2006283626
GBA631597 bnb
013426145 Uk
Human genetics--Social aspects--Congresses.
Medical technology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
QH438.7 / .F88 2006
174