Contested reproduction: genetic technologies, religion, and public debate
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1. Verfasser: Evans, John Hyde (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
The history of abortion, reproductive genetic technologies, and the contemporary public's views -- Talking about embryonic life -- Nature, God, humanity, and promethean fatalism -- Human dignity and equality of treatment -- Meaningful suffering -- Will religious discourse about reproductive genetic technologies limit debate? -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. methodological appendix -- Appendix B. religious respondent interview guide
Scientific breakthroughs have led us to a point where soon we will be able to make specific choices about the genetic makeup of our offspring. In fact, this reality has arrived--and it is only a matter of time before the technology becomes widespread. Much like past arguments about stem-cell research, the coming debate over these reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) will be both political and, for many people, religious. In order to understand how the debate will play out in the United States, John H. Evans conducted the first in-depth study of the claims made about RGTs by religious people
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ISBN:0226222659
0226222667
0226222705
9780226222653
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