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Changing Human Nature: Ecology, Ethics, Genes, and God

ISBN: 9780802865496 | 0802865496
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
Pub. Date: 10/22/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
As debate over the manipulation of human genes rages in the public sphere, James Peterson offers an informed Christian defense of genetic intervention. In Changing Human Nature he pointedly reminds us that the question we need most to consider is not whether our genes will undergo change but whether we will be conscious of and conscientious about the direction of that change.
Introduction: Our Changing Naturep. 1
Called to Shape What Is Entrusted to Us
God's Gardenp. 15
Using Toolsp. 52
Body and Soulp. 65
Three Helpful Cautions, but Inadequate Guides for Shaping Human Nature
Cure versus Enhancementp. 101
Welcoming versus Makingp. 126
The Present versus the Futurep. 142
Fo... MORE
Safep. 163
Genuine Improvementp. 171
Increase Choice for the Recipientp. 190
Best Use of Always Finite Resourcesp. 197
Who Applies These Standards?
The Devastating History of Coercion, Racism, and Eugenicsp. 207
Checks and Balancesp. 220
Expectationsp. 239
Acknowledgmentsp. 241
Author Indexp. 243
Subject Indexp. 250
Scripture Reference Indexp. 258
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James C. Peterson is the R. A. Hope Professor of Theology and Ethics at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. His previous books include Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention.


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