Genetic ethics : do the ends justify the genes? /
Kilner, John F.
Genetic ethics : do the ends justify the genes? / [print] edited by John F. Kilner. - Carlisle [England] : Paternoster Press ; (c)1997. Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans, (c)1997. - xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Horizon in bioethics series book . - Horizons in bioethics series. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
INTRODUCTION: THE EXPERIENCE OF GENETIC CHALLENGES -- The riddle of suffering/ The disease of isolation/ The search for shalom/ David B. Biebel -- David B. Biebel -- Hessel Bouma PART I: GENETIC PERSPECTIVE -- Eugenics in historical and ethical perspective/ Technology, history, and worldview/ God's sovereignty and genetic anomalies/ Playing God/ Reducing people to genetics/ Resisting reductionism by restoring the context/ Arthur J. Dyck -- Nancy R. Pearcey -- Michael S. Bates -- Allen D. Verhey -- Henk Jochemsen -- V. Elving Anderson PART II: GENETIC INFORMATION -- The Human Genome Project/ Behavioural and germ-line genetic research/ The incentive of patents/ Genetic testing and confidentiality/ Prenatal genetic testing, abortion, and beyond/ Genetic counseling/ The educational challenge/ Francis S. Collins -- Leroy B. Walters -- Stephen Sherry -- C. Christopher Hook -- Scott B. Rae -- Elizabeth J. Thomson -- Martha Newsome PART III: GENETIC INTERVENTION -- Genetic therapy/ A theological basis for genetic intervention/ Ethical standards for genetic intervention/ The case of human growth hormone/ Contemporary Christian responsibility/ The church and the new genetics/ The church as a welcoming community/ Frank E. Young -- John S. Feinberg -- James C. Peterson -- Dónal P. O'Mathúna -- Charles W. Colson -- C. Ben Mitchell -- Martha D.M. Fowler.
9780802844286
97002526
9713391 DNLM
Human Genome Project.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Human genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Genetics, Medical.
Ethics, Medical.
QH438.Y71.T534 1997 QH438
Genetic ethics : do the ends justify the genes? / [print] edited by John F. Kilner. - Carlisle [England] : Paternoster Press ; (c)1997. Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans, (c)1997. - xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Horizon in bioethics series book . - Horizons in bioethics series. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
INTRODUCTION: THE EXPERIENCE OF GENETIC CHALLENGES -- The riddle of suffering/ The disease of isolation/ The search for shalom/ David B. Biebel -- David B. Biebel -- Hessel Bouma PART I: GENETIC PERSPECTIVE -- Eugenics in historical and ethical perspective/ Technology, history, and worldview/ God's sovereignty and genetic anomalies/ Playing God/ Reducing people to genetics/ Resisting reductionism by restoring the context/ Arthur J. Dyck -- Nancy R. Pearcey -- Michael S. Bates -- Allen D. Verhey -- Henk Jochemsen -- V. Elving Anderson PART II: GENETIC INFORMATION -- The Human Genome Project/ Behavioural and germ-line genetic research/ The incentive of patents/ Genetic testing and confidentiality/ Prenatal genetic testing, abortion, and beyond/ Genetic counseling/ The educational challenge/ Francis S. Collins -- Leroy B. Walters -- Stephen Sherry -- C. Christopher Hook -- Scott B. Rae -- Elizabeth J. Thomson -- Martha Newsome PART III: GENETIC INTERVENTION -- Genetic therapy/ A theological basis for genetic intervention/ Ethical standards for genetic intervention/ The case of human growth hormone/ Contemporary Christian responsibility/ The church and the new genetics/ The church as a welcoming community/ Frank E. Young -- John S. Feinberg -- James C. Peterson -- Dónal P. O'Mathúna -- Charles W. Colson -- C. Ben Mitchell -- Martha D.M. Fowler.
9780802844286
97002526
9713391 DNLM
Human Genome Project.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Human genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Genetics, Medical.
Ethics, Medical.
QH438.Y71.T534 1997 QH438