Playing God?: Genetic Determinism and Human Freedon

Author:   Ted Peters ,  Francis S. Collins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780415942492


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   15 November 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ted Peters ,  Francis S. Collins
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.850kg
ISBN:  

9780415942492


ISBN 10:   0415942497
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   15 November 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Foreword Preface 1. Playing God with DNA 2. Puppet Determinism and Promethean Determinism 3. The Crime Gene, Stigma, and Original Sin 4. The So-Called ""Gay Gene"" and Scientized Morality 5. Should We PAtent God's Creation? 6. The Question of Germline Intervention 7. The Cloning Controversy 8. The Stem Cell Controversy 9. A Theology of Freedom Appendix A: CTNS Statement On The Gay Gene Discovery Appendix B: Playing God With David Heyd"

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[Praise for the first edition] In this remarkable book, Ted Peters explores the fallacies of the 'gene myth' and presents a resounding array of arguments against this kind of all-encompassing genetic determinism.. <br>-From the Foreword by Francis S. Collins Director, National Center for Human Genome Research <br> [Praise for the first edition] The well-wrought ethical arguments complement Peters' sophisticated framing of issues facing geneticists today. <br>- Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, November 2002 <br>


[Praise for the first edition] In this remarkable book, Ted Peters explores the fallacies of the 'gene myth' and presents a resounding array of arguments against this kind of all-encompassing genetic determinism. -- From the Foreword by Francis S. Collins Director, National Center for Human Genome Research [Praise for the first edition] The well-wrought ethical arguments complement Peters' sophisticated framing of issues facing geneticists today. -- Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology


[Praise for the first edition] In this remarkable book, Ted Peters explores the fallacies of the 'gene myth' and presents a resounding array of arguments against this kind of all-encompassing genetic determinism.. -From the Foreword by Francis S. Collins Director, National Center for Human Genome Research [Praise for the first edition] The well-wrought ethical arguments complement Peters' sophisticated framing of issues facing geneticists today. - Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, November 2002


[Praise for the first edition] In this remarkable book, Ted Peters explores the fallacies of the 'gene myth' and presents a resounding array of arguments against this kind of all-encompassing genetic determinism.. -From the Foreword by Francis S. Collins Director, National Center for Human Genome Research [Praise for the first edition] The well-wrought ethical arguments complement Peters' sophisticated framing of issues facing geneticists today. - Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, November 2002


Author Information

Ted Peters is Professor of Systematic Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is the author of God--The World's Future and the editor of Dialog, A Journal ofTheology

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