Sutton Biotechnology

Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4384-2660-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Philosophy and Biology

Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sutton, Sean

Sutton, Sean D.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.