Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity / edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and Peter Manley Scott.

Other author Deane-Drummond, Celia.
Other author Scott, Peter, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction : future perfect? or, what should we hope for? / Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Perfect humans or trans-humans? / Ted Peters -- Human nature and the human condition / Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare / Søren Holm -- In whose image? : representations of technology and the "ends" of humanity / Elaine Graham -- In the waters of Babylon : the moral geography of the embryo / Michael S. Northcott -- Neuroscience and the modification of human beings / D. Gareth Jones -- Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences / Gordon McPhate -- Medicine, science and virtue / Neil Messer -- Forecasting the future : legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate / Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams -- Never too late to live a little longer? : the quest for extended life and immortality : some ethical considerations / Ulf Görman -- Genetic perfection, or fulfilment of creation in Christ? / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Future perfect? : God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Saving us from ourselves : Christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine / Brent Waters.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index.
LCCN 2006283626
ISBN0567030792 (hbk.)
ISBN9780567030795 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QH438.7 .F88 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold