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