Genetics: by Ted Peters

Author: Ted Peters

GeneticsIssues of Social Justice Ted Peters Are the legal and moral issues involved in abortion the some as those in the debate over discarding frozen embryos? Do insurance companies have the right to deny coverage to clients genetically vulnerable to deadly, and costly, disease?The more advances that science makes in the area of genetics, the more ethical questions seem to arise. Inherently puzzling, these questions strike at the very core of society. Can theological ethics provide direction in an arena that is dominated by the scientific?GENETICS: ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE provides fresh, timely statements by leading ethicists, theologians, and legal experts on both the social implications of this big-science research ($3 billion and 15 years) and the theological-ethical resources for addressing these social issues.The Pilgrim Library of Ethics series seeks to address the most significant moral issues of our time. Designed for both classroom and general use, each volume features essays and official statements by foremost thinkers and institutions.TED PETERS is professor of systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Seminary and Graduate Theological Union. He is principal investigator on the Theological and Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Initiative project, sponsored by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences and funded by the National Institutes of Health.208 pp.- 6 x 9

Genetics: by Ted Peters Author: Ted Peters
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Are the legal and moral issues involved in abortion the some as those in the debate over discarding frozen embryos? Do insurance companies have the right to deny coverage to clients genetically vulnerable to deadly, and costly, disease?

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