Creative Creatures
Values and Ethical Issues in Theology, Science and Technology
Published on 30. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-0-567-03089-4 (ISBN)
Description
This anthology, with contributions by leading scholars, introduces a new theme into the growing field of science-and-theology. This is the third volume published in association with ESSSAT in the series. This volume focuses on two topics that have so far received little attention, in the growing field of science-and-theology, i.e. ethical matters and issues raised by the technological applications of scientific knowledge. The book's main themes are: technology's impact on our worldview; morality, nature, and culture; and, morality in a technological society. The book is a selection of contributions to the ESSSAT conference in Nijmegen on "Values and Ethical Issues in Theology, Science and Technology". The essays have been selected on the basis of quality, and revised in order to create a comprehensive and carefully focused volume.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a well-written book which features short essays on some of the most important contemporary issues in science and technology, and religion." -- Theological Book Review "This is a collection of 14 informative and provocative papers."Theology, November 2008 'The essays were revised in order to create a carefully focused volume, and the editors have done well in producing a tightly knit book, well worthy of review by participants in the ongoing theology and science dialogue.' -- Studies in Religion, Vol 39More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-03089-4 (9780567030894)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ulf Gorman is Professor of Ethics at Lund University, Sweden. Willem B. Drees is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Hubert Meisinger is student chaplain at the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany
Content
Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Technological and Moral Creatures or Creators? Willem B. Drees, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; PART I: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON OUR WORLDVIEW; 2. ICT and the Character of Finitude Rene P.H. Munnik, University of Twente, the Netherlands; 3. Technology and the Changing Notion of Nature Zbigniew Liana, The Pontifical Academy of Theology, Cracow, Poland. 4. Co-creator or co-creator: The Problem with Artificial Intelligence Noreen Herzfeld, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, USA; 5. From Thou to IT: Information Technology from the Perspective of the Language Philosophy of Rosenzweig and Rosenstock-Huessy Otto Kroesen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; 6. Being Cyborgs: On Creating Humanity in a Created World of Technology Taede Smedes, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; PART II: MORALITY, NATURE, AND CULTURE; 7. The Perennial Debate about Human Goodness: The Primate Evidence Frans B.M. de Waal, Emory University, Atlanta, USA; 8. Theological Reflections on the Moral Nature of Nature Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA; 9. Is it Suitable to Translate Christian Anthropological Topics into Genetic and Cognitive Categories? The Case of Original Sin Lluis Oviedo, Pontifical Ateneum Antonianum, Rome, Italy; PART III: MORALITY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY; 10. Ethical Issues of Al and Biotechnology Margaret A. Boden, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; 11. Co-creation or Hubris? Responses to Biotechnology in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Ulf Gorman, Lund University, Sweden; 12. The Human being a Co-Creator? Theological Reflections on Reproductive Cloning of Human Individuals Jan-Olav Henriksen, The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo, Norway; 13. When Astronomers and Environmentalists Clash Over a Sky Island Christopher J. Corbally, SJ, The Vatican Observatory, Rome, Italy, and University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; 14. The Crisis of Ideologies and the Need for a New Anthropology: Values Education in a Technological and Pragmatic Age Angela Roothaan, The Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Index.