The Christian Religion and Biotechnology A Search for Principled Decision-making /

• Main Author: Smith, George P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 25
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Religion.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Public law.; Biomedical engineering.; Religious Studies, general.; Medical Law.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Public Law.; Biomedical Engineering.

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 are - epistemologically - different. Yet, they...