Changing human nature : ecology, ethics, genes, and God/ James C. Peterson
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010Description: viii, 259 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 97808028654960802865496
- BR110 .P43 2010
Contents:
Called to shape what is entrusted to us. God's garden -- Using tools -- Body and soul -- Three helpful cautions, but inadequate guides for shaping human nature. Cure versus enhancement -- Welcoming versus making -- The present versus the future -- Four standards for shaping human nature. Safe -- Genuine improvement -- Increase choice for the recipient -- Best use of always finite resources -- Who applies these standards? The devastating history of coercion, racism, and eugenics -- Checks and balances.
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Called to shape what is entrusted to us. God's garden -- Using tools -- Body and soul -- Three helpful cautions, but inadequate guides for shaping human nature. Cure versus enhancement -- Welcoming versus making -- The present versus the future -- Four standards for shaping human nature. Safe -- Genuine improvement -- Increase choice for the recipient -- Best use of always finite resources -- Who applies these standards? The devastating history of coercion, racism, and eugenics -- Checks and balances.
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