Biotechnology
Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens
1st Edition
Published on 2. July 2009
208 pages
978-1-4384-2660-0 (ISBN)
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Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.
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Sean D. Sutton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and coeditor (with John A. Murley) of Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Biotechnology, Human Being, and Citizen
Sean D. Sutton
1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
Leon R. Kass
2. Who's Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological Progress
Ronald Bailey
3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream?
Ronald M. Green
4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual Beliefs
Lee M. Silver
5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New Genetics
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
6. The Bible and Biotechnology
Larry Arnhart
7. A Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human Transformation
Richard Sherlock
Suggested Further Readings
About the Contributors
Index
Introduction: Biotechnology, Human Being, and Citizen
Sean D. Sutton
1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
Leon R. Kass
2. Who's Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological Progress
Ronald Bailey
3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream?
Ronald M. Green
4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual Beliefs
Lee M. Silver
5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New Genetics
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
6. The Bible and Biotechnology
Larry Arnhart
7. A Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human Transformation
Richard Sherlock
Suggested Further Readings
About the Contributors
Index
