The medical meaning of “playing God” operates with two assumptions. First, decisions regarding life and death belong to Gods prerogative and not to human beings. Second, when we humans make life-and-death decisions we exhibit hubris or ...
Author: Ted Peters
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781136724213
Category: Philosophy
Page: 278
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Since the original publication of Playing God? in 1996, three developments in genetic technology have moved to the center of the public conversation about the ethics of human bioengineering. Cloning, the completion of the human genome project, and, most recently, the controversy over stem cell research have all sparked lively debates among religious thinkers and the makers of public policy. In this updated edition, Ted Peters illuminates the key issues in these debates and continues to make deft connections between our questions about God and our efforts to manage technological innovations with wisdom.