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Biotechnology, Human Nature, and Christian Ethics

Gerald McKenny

出版	Cambridge University Press, 2018-01-19
主題	Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyReligion / EthicsReligion / Religion & ScienceScience / BiotechnologyScience / Philosophy & Social Aspects
ISBN	11084228029781108422802
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4KpCDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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In public debates over biotechnology, theologians, philosophers, and political theorists have proposed that biotechnology could have significant implications for human nature. They argue that ethical evaluations of biotechnologies that might affect human nature must take these implications into account. In this book, Gerald McKenny examines these important yet controversial arguments, which have in turn been criticized by many moral philosophers and professional bioethicists. He argues that Christian ethics is, in principle, committed to some version of the claim that human nature has normative status in relation to biotechnology. Showing how both criticisms and defences of this claim have often been facile, he identifies, develops, and critically evaluates three versions of the claim, and contributes a fourth, distinctively Christian version to the debate. Focusing on Christian ethics in conversation with secular ethics, McKenny's book is the first thorough analysis of a controversial contemporary issue.