Journal article
Catholic perspectives on human biotechnological enhancement
- Abstract:
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Although there is some consonance in the language of transcendence between proponents of the Catholic faith and of human biotechnological enhancement (HBE), their goals are incommensurate. Nevertheless, consistent with the valuation of the body as integral to the human person, Catholic culture has in fact proven to be a fruitful context for developing external therapeutic HBEs. Catholic perspectives on internal HBEs, especially in the context of ‘transhumanism’, are, by contrast, neither clea...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Studies in Christian Ethics Journal website
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 187-199
- Publication date:
- 2019-02-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-10
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1745-5235
- ISSN:
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0953-9468
- Source identifiers:
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930420
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- pubs:930420
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-23
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- Copyright holder:
- Pinsent and Biggins
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2019 The Authors. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from SAGE Publications at: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0953946819826769
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