Humans as Creators of “Life” in a Philosophical-Theological Perspective
Due to current developments in synthetic biology, the question if humans can “create life” has arisen as an issue of public concern. The traditional idea of humanity “playing god” finds expression in many legends and myths. After a short overview on some of these, I will turn to analyze philosophica...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Routledge
[2020]
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Theology and science
Год: 2020, Том: 18, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 99-112 |
| Индексация IxTheo: | CF Христианство и наука NBD Сотворение мира NBE Антропология NBQ Эсхатология NCJ Научная этика |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Ethics
B Synthetic Biology B Co-creator B Creation B life (concept) B eschatological imagination B playing God |
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| Итог: | Due to current developments in synthetic biology, the question if humans can “create life” has arisen as an issue of public concern. The traditional idea of humanity “playing god” finds expression in many legends and myths. After a short overview on some of these, I will turn to analyze philosophically and theologically whether we should consider ourselves as “co-creators” given our new technical abilities—and what this would mean in ethical terms. I will then argue for an anthropology of humans as creators of the living and an ethics of creation based on natural theological reasoning and eschatological imagination. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2019.1710353 |