The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gouw, Arvin M.; Peters, Ted

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of original essays by scientists, theologians, religious studies scholars, and ethicists offers an authoritative, illuminating, and thought-provoking overview of the CRISPR controversy.

Genetic science at times ignites explosions of public controversy. In the early 1990s, the Human Genome Project, along with Jurassic Park, frightened the world with genetic determinism. The cloning controversy of 1997 and the stem cell controversy of 1998 prompted bitter moral stand-offs. The fuse has just been lit for the next explosion: the CRISPR controversy. The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics channels the energy of that explosion into constructive reflection on the implications of this revolutionary science for religion, ethics, and public policy.

Chapters accessibly explain the science behind gene editing and draw out its implications for social impact. This volume reviews the history of genomics from 1990 to date, with special attention to cloning and stem cell research. Contributors address the significance of gene technology for understanding human nature within specific religious traditions. Most importantly, they analyze selected ethical issues: therapy versus enhancement, germ line modification, designer children, patenting, and the long-term effects of gene drive proposals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216171225
• Artikelnr.: 72263481

Autorenporträt

Arvin M. Gouw works in the field of theology and science at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK. Ted Peters is a futurist and scholar who focuses on the interaction between theology and science. He coedits the journal Theology and Science for the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Harvard Personal Genomics Education Group
Nadine Vicenten and Marnie Gelbart (Harvard University
USA) 1. Introduction to CRISPR Revolution in Science
Ethics
and Religion
Arvin M. Gouw (University of Cambridge
UK) 2. CRISPR
Theology
and Ethics
Ted Peters (Graduate Theological Union
USA) 3. Hindu Bioethics View on CRISPR Based Embryo Editing
Joyeeta Talukdar et al. (IIT-Guwahati
India) 4. CRISPR and Catholic Ethics
Lisa Fullam (Santa Clara University
USA) 5. Heritable Human Genome Editing: CRISPR
Theology
and the Future
Ron Cole-Turner ( Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
USA) 6. The Biopolitics of CRISPR
Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School
USA) 7. Eugenics
Liberation
and Dignity: Developing an Anti-Eugenic Ethic for CRISPR Embryonic Modification
John Slattery (Duquesne University
USA) 8. Of Viruses
Pandemics
and CRISPR
Martinez J. Hewlett (University of Arizona
USA) 9. Ethical Issues in CRISPR for Human Space Missions
Konrad Szocik ( University of Information Technology and Management
Poland) 10. Everything Old Is New Again: CRISPR
Ethics
and Enhancement
Braden Molhoek ( Graduate Theological Union
USA) Index