Evolution, biotechnology, and the normative significance of created order

It is widely assumed by proponents and opponents of biotechnology alike that the permissibility of biotechnological alteration of human nature and respect for human nature as constituent of a divinely created order are incompatible. I argue, however, that concepts of created order that accommodate t...

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1. VerfasserIn: McKenny, Gerald P. 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: University of Toronto Press 2015
In: Toronto journal of theology
Jahr: 2015, Band: 31, Heft: 1, Seiten: 15-25
IxTheo Notationen:NBE Anthropologie
NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik
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Zusammenfassung:It is widely assumed by proponents and opponents of biotechnology alike that the permissibility of biotechnological alteration of human nature and respect for human nature as constituent of a divinely created order are incompatible. I argue, however, that concepts of created order that accommodate the change and variation of human nature that is due to evolutionary processes also permit in principle the alteration of human nature by biotechnology. It follows that opponents of biotechnological alteration of human nature cannot legitimately appeal to these concepts.
ISSN:0826-9831
Enthält:In: Toronto journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3138/tjt.3151