Playing God? Synthetic biology as a theological and ethical challenge

In the ethical debate over synthetic biology the formula “playing god” is widely used in order to attack this new branch of biotechnology. The article analyses, contextualizes and criticises this usage with respect to the theological concepts of creation, sin and humans as created in the image of Go...

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Autor principal: Dabrock, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11693-009-9028-5
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description In the ethical debate over synthetic biology the formula “playing god” is widely used in order to attack this new branch of biotechnology. The article analyses, contextualizes and criticises this usage with respect to the theological concepts of creation, sin and humans as created in the image of God. Against the background of these theological understandings an ethical corridor of how to responsibly cope with the societal challenges of synthetic biology is presented.
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spelling pubmed-27594212009-10-14 Playing God? Synthetic biology as a theological and ethical challenge Dabrock, Peter Syst Synth Biol Research Article In the ethical debate over synthetic biology the formula “playing god” is widely used in order to attack this new branch of biotechnology. The article analyses, contextualizes and criticises this usage with respect to the theological concepts of creation, sin and humans as created in the image of God. Against the background of these theological understandings an ethical corridor of how to responsibly cope with the societal challenges of synthetic biology is presented. Springer Netherlands 2009-10-10 2009-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2759421/ /pubmed/19816799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11693-009-9028-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2009
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759421/
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