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Human Genome Research And The Challenge Of Contingent Future Persons Is An Investigation Into How The Human Genome Project Is Likely To Affect Future Generations. It Explores The Implications These Effects Hold For Evaluating Genetic Research, Particularly From A Theological Perspective. Examining The Economic, Political, And Philosophical Issues Underlying Genetic Research, Heller Finds That Some Future People May Bear An Inordinate Share Of Certain Social Costs Stemming From The Project's Biomedical Applications. Further, The Existence, Numbers, And Identities Of Those People Will Be Contingent On Decisions Made Based On This Research. Heller Investigates The Theological Implications Of This Problem, Arriving At An Impersonal Theocentric Approach To Value In This Detailed, Thoughtful, And Original Contribution To The Literature. 1. A Two-pronged Problem -- 2. The Us Human Genome Project As Policy -- 3. Diagnostic And Therapeutic Applications Of Human Genome Research -- 4. Impersonal And Person-affecting Approaches To Value -- 5. Personal And Impersonal Theocentric Approaches To Value -- 6. The Challenge Of Contingent Future Persons. Jan Christian Heller. Includes Bibliographical

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Author

Heller, Jan Cristian.

Publisher

Creighton University Press ; Distribution, Fordham University Press, c1996.

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585196657

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Christian, Science