The Christian Religion and Biotechnology A Search for Principled Dec
Religion is a dominant force in the lives of many Americans. It animates, challenges, directs and shapes, as well, the legal, political, and scientific agendas of the new Age of Biotechnology. In a very real way, religion, biomedical technology and law ar
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The Christian Religion and Biotechnology A Search for Principled Decision-making George P. Smith, II
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE Founding Editors DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Editor DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada
Editorial Board TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUS DÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales,United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
VOLUME 25
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The Christian Religion and Biotechnology A Search for Principled Decision-making
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GEORGE P. SMITH, II The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Lawmaking and Interpretation in The Age of Biotechnology . . 1
Chapter 2. Religion: Medico-Legal Norms or Constructs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3. Procreational Autonomy or Theological Restraints . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4. Freedom of Scientific Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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