Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity /
A hugely topical collection of essays from a cross-disciplinary group of leading academics focussing on the implications for an understanding of human identity in light of the current possibilities in medical science. The book brings together an international body of medical experts alongside philos...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark International,
2010
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contributors; Preface to this Edition; Introduction: Future Perfect? Or, What Should We Hope For? Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond; Part I: Perspectives on Humans; Chapter 1: Perfect Humans or Trans-Humans?; Chapter 2: Human Nature and the Human Condition; Chapter 3: The Nature of Human Welfare; Chapter 4: In Whose Image? Representations of Technology and the 'Ends' of Humanity; Part II: Medicalized Humans; Chapter 5: In the Waters of Babylon: The Moral Geography of the Embryo; Chapter 6: Neuroscience and the Modification of Human Beings.
- Chapter 7: Ensoulment Revised in Response to Genetics, Neuroscience and Out-of-Body ExperiencesChapter 8: Medicine, Science and Virtue; Part III: Fabulous Humans; Chapter 9: Forecasting the Future: Legitimizing Hope and Calming Fears in the Embryo Stem-cell Debate; Chapter 10: Never Too Late to Live a Little Longer? The Quest for Extended Life and Immortality
- Some Ethical Considerations; Chapter 11: Genetic Perfection, or Fulfilment of Creation in Christ?; Chapter 12: Future Perfect? God, the Transhuman Future and the Quest for Immortality.
- Chapter 13: Saving Us from Ourselves: Christology, Anthropology and the Seduction of Posthuman MedicineBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
