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Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered
to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of
human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary
society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier
selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of
the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of
eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering
and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future
selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research
from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the
procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments,
including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible
advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered
to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of
human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary
society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier
selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of
the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of
eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering
and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future
selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research
from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the
procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments,
including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible
advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council
on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics
at St Mary's University College, London, UK.
Christopher Bechtel holds a degree in philosophy and is a
Research Fellow with the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics,
Edinburgh, UK.
The essays in this volume of the Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology are
drawn from the papers presented at the October 2012 and June 2013
theological symposia hosted by the Center for Pastor Theologians.
These two symposia brought together evangelical clergy from across
denominational lines, with a view to exploring the topics of
gender, sexuality, marriage, and sexual ethics-primarily through an
interaction with John Paul II's Male and Female He Created Them: A
Theology of the Body. Contributors include Matthew Mason, Gerald
Hiestand, Owen Strachan, Christopher Bechtel, and David Morlan.
Book reviews in this volume likewise focus on works associated with
the themes of sexuality, marriage, and gender.
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