The ethics of genetic engineering
By: edited by Maureen Junker-Kenny and Lisa Sowle Cahill.
Contributors: Junker-Kenny, Maureen.; Cahill, Lisa Sowle.
Series: Concilium ;; 1998/2; Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.) ;; 1998/2.
Publisher: SCM Press; Orbis Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Genetic engineering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120).
Some contributions translated by John Bowden and Paul Burns.
Table of contents: title: Editorial: Genetics, ethics and social policy : the state of the question / Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: Genetic knowledge as a commodity : the Human Genome Project, markets and consumers / Julie Clague; title: Gene therapy and the improvement of human nature : ethical questions / Sandro Spinsanti; title: Ethical questions in genetic counselling : how far do concepts like 'non-directivity' and 'ethical neutrality' help in solving problems? / Stella Reiter-Theil; title: Genetic counselling : parental autonomy or acceptance of limits? / Liz Hepburn; title: The moral status of the embryo / Maureen Junker-Kenny; title: Genetics and the future of American law and policy / M. Cathleen Kaveny; title: Power, ethics and the poor in human genetic research / Márcio Fabri dos Anjos; title: First sheep, then human beings? : theological and ethical reflections on the use of gene technology / Eberhard Schockenhoff; title: Feminist theologies and the new genetics / Maura A. Ryan; title: Cloning : technical reality and ethical evaluation / Marciano Vidal; title: The ethics of medical genetics. An annotated bibliography / Sigrid Graumann and Christof Mandry.