Human Identity at the Intersection of Science, Technology and Religion

Murphy, Nancey (Editor)/ Knight, Christopher C. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1409410501 / ISBN 13: 9781409410508

Editore: Ashgate Pub Co, 2010

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• Titolo: Human Identity at the Intersection of Science, Technology and Religion
• Editore: Ashgate Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1409410501
• ISBN 13: 9781409410508
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,63 chilogrammi

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Riassunto

Humans are unique in their ability to reflect on themselves. Recently a number of scholars have pointed out that human self-conceptions have a history. Ideas of human nature in the West have always been shaped by the interplay of philosophy, theology, science, and technology. The fast pace of developments in the latter two spheres (neuroscience, genetics, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering) call for fresh reflections on what it means, now, to be human, and for theological and ethical judgments on how we might shape our own destiny in the future. The leading scholars in this book offer fresh contributions to the lively quest for an account of ourselves that does justice to current developments in theology, science, technology, and philosophy.

Informazioni sull?autore

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA; Christopher C. Knight is Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion based at Benet House, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK.