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Science, faith and ethics /

Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book examines those costs; it probes the consequences of putting one...

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Main Authors: Hench, Larry L., 1938
Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Published: Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: London : Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2001.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Medical ethics
Evolution
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P188#t=toc
Summary: Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book examines those costs; it probes the consequences of putting one's faith in science. It explores the belief that with science comes certainty. The use and misuse of implants, transplants, cloning, genetic manipulation, health care resources, birth and death control are debated in terms of the complex scientific, economic and ethical issues involved.
Item Description: Updated version of five lectures presented at the Chautauqua Institution in 1991.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv,218pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781848161689 (electronic bk.)
CLC: R-052
Contents: ch. 1. Frontiers of knowledge: where science fiction becomes science fact -- ch. 2. Origins of the universe and matter -- ch. 3. The origin of life -- ch. 4. The evolution of life -- ch. 5. Ethical issues of implants -- ch. 6. Ethical issues of transplants -- ch. 7. Ethical issues of genetic manipulation of life -- ch. 8. Effects of technology on health care and resource allocation -- ch. 9. Ethical issues of birth control -- ch. 10. Ethical issues of death control -- ch. 11. Quantum theology: the evolution of faith.

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