A hugely topical collection of essays from a cross-disciplinary group of leading academics focussing on the implications for an understanding of human identity in light of the current possibilities in medical science. The book brings together an international body of medical experts alongside philosophers, sociologists, theologians and ethicists in order to discuss these vital issues. The ensuing discussion will allow public debate to be more informed about the actual possibilities inherent in medical science, alongside a sophisticated treatment of ethical and theological issues. The result is a focused collection of essays that raises new and challenging questions.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Dr. Celia Deane-Drummond, Dr Peter Manley Scott
EAN: 9780567030795
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 530 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-06-27
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GENRE: RELIGION / Christian Theology / General
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Ethics and moral philosophy, Theology, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity
Future Perfect is a first rate collection of essays by a distinguished group of international experts in a wide range of bioethical issues. American readers will particularly benefit from the European perspective on issues relating to religion, science and ethics. The authors also provide excellent models for integrating religious and scientific issues.. This is an important addition to the bioethical literature. --Sanford Lakoff, 'Breakthroughs in technology are about to transform human life. Will we still be human? Will we split into more than one species? Will we live forever or merely for hundreds of years? Shock and horror, some say, while others proclaim a new era of technological salvation. Here at last we find something better-sober reflection and honest talk by serious religious intellectuals. The technologies are many: nanotechnology, genetics, cognitive, and computers/robotics. The expected convergences are profound: silicon chips implanted in brains, nanobots destroying cancer or rebuilding organs cell by cell, or genetically enhanced stem cells making aging brains better than new. And the stakes are high: the future of justice, equality, and human nature itself. The time for deep reflection is now. As if for the first time, we need to ask the perennial questions all over again. Who are we? Where are we going?'Professor Ronald Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA
Professor Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences at University College Chester, UK.
