02558cam a22003497a 4500 14569730 20250312110215.0 150206s2006 enka b 001 0 eng d 2006283626 GBA631597 bnb 013426145 Uk 0567030792 (hardback) (OCoLC)ocm64959979 lccopycat QH438.7 .F88 2006 174 22 Future perfect? : God, medicine and human identity / edited by Celia Deane-Drummond and Peter Manley Scott. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2006. xii, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index. 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. Human genetics Social aspects Congresses. Medical technology Moral and ethical aspects Congresses. Deane-Drummond, Celia. Scott, Peter, 1961- Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2006283626.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK 7 885 885 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 174 Fut 2006 11016 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK