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Genetic ethics : Do the ends justify the genes? / edited by John F. Kilner, Rebecca D. Pentz, and Frank E. Young.

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Genetic ethics : Do the ends justify the genes? / edited by John F. Kilner, Rebecca D. Pentz, and Frank E. Young.
Publication
Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K. : Paternoster Press ; Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Kilner, John Frederic.
  • Pentz, Rebecca Davis.
  • Young, Frank E.
Description
xi, 291 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
A collection of essays which "will help readers assess from a Christian perspective the challenging ethical questions and difficult personal and social decision-making situations raised by today's genetic advancements."--Back cover.
Series Statement
Horizons in bioethics series
Uniform Title
Horizons in bioethics series.
Subject
  • Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Human genetics > Christianity
  • Genetic engineering > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Genetic engineering > Christianity
  • Christianity
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Genetics, Medical
Note
  • Presented by The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : the experience of genetic challenges: The riddle of suffering / David B. Biebel. The disease of isolation / Markie Jackson. The search for shalom / Hessel Bouma, III -- pt. 1. Genetic perspective: History: Eugenics in historical and ethical perspective / Arthur J. Dyck. Technology, history, and worldview / Nancy R. Pearcey ; Sovereignty: God;s sovereignty and genetic anomalies / Michael S. Beates. Playing God / Allen H. Verhey ; Humanity: Reducing people to genetics / Henk Jochemsen. Resisting reductionism by restoring the context / V. Elving Anderson -- pt. 2. Genetic information: The search: The human genome project / Francis S. Collins. Behavioural and germ-like genetic research / Leroy B. Walters. The incentive of patents / Stephen Sherry ; The use: Genetic testing and confidentiality / C. Christopher Hook. Prenatal genetic testing, abortion, and beyond / Scott B. Rae. Genetic counseling / Elizabeth J. Thomson. The educational challenge / Martha Newsome -- pt. 3. Genetic intervention: Assessment: Genetic therapy / Frank E. Young. A theological basis for genetic intervention / John S. Feinberg. Ethical standards for genetic information / James C. Peterson. The case of human growth hormone / Dónal P. O'Mathúna ; Engagement: Contemporary Christian responsibility / Charles W. Colson. The church and the new genetics / C. Ben Mitchell. The church as a welcoming community / Marsha D.M. Fowler -- Glossary of genetic terms / Hessel Bouma, III.
ISBN
0802844286 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^97002526^
OCLC
38443219
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library