Design and destiny : Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modification /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Basic bioethics Basic bioethics.
Subject:	Medical genetics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Medical genetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Genetic Engineering -- ethics. Bioethics. Christianity. Germ Cells. Judaism. Religion and Medicine. Medical genetics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Medical genetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159193

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Other authors / contributors:	Cole-Turner, Ronald, 1948-
ISBN:	9780262270632 0262270633 0262533014 9780262533010 0262033739 9780262033732 1282099329 9781282099326 9781435628038 1435628039 9786612099328 6612099321
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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Design and destiny. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262033732 0262033739
Standard no.:	9780262033732

Table of Contents:

Religion and the question of human germline modification / Ronald Cole-Turner
Judaism and germline modification / Elliot N. Dorff
The Roman Catholic magisterium and genetic research: an overview and evaluation / Thomas A. Shannon
A traditional Christian reflection on re-engineering human nature / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
Germline gene modification and the human condition before God / Nigel M. de S. Cameron and Amy Michelle Debaets
Human germline therapy: proper human responsibility or playing God? / James J. Walter
Germline genetics, human nature and social ethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill
Freedom, conscience and virtue: theological perspectives on the ethics of inherited genetic modification / Celia Deane-Drummond
Religion, genetics and the future / Ronald Cole-Turner.

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