Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity - Deane-Drummond, Celia; Scott, Peter, 1961- (London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2006)
Introduction: Future perfect? Or, what should we hope for? / Peter Manley Scott and Celia Deane-Drummond -- Perfect humans or trans-humans? / Ted Peters -- Human nature and the human condition / Gordon Graham -- The nature of human welfare / S|ren Holm -- In whose image? Representations of technology and the 'ends' of humanity / Elaine Graham -- In the waters of Babylon: the moral geography of the embryo / Michael S. Northcott -- Neuroscience and the modification of human beings / D. Gareth Jones -- Ensoulment revised in response to genetics, neuroscience and out-of-body experiences / Gordon McPhate -- Medicine, science and virture / Neil Messer -- Forecasting the future: legitimizing hope and calming fears in the embryo stem-cell debate / Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Williams -- Never too late to live a little longer? The quest for extended life and immortality: some ethical considerations / Ulf "G|rman -- Genetic perfection, or fulfulment of creation in Christ? / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Future perfect? God, the transhuman future and the quest for immortality / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Saving us from ourselves: christology, anthropology and the seduction of posthuman medicine / Brent Waters.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index.
Keywords: Human genetics -- Social aspects -- Congresses; Medical technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses