Christopher C. Knight

Human Identity at the Intersection of Science, Technology and Religion

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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 f… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Murphy, Nancey (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-317-12004-9
EAN: 9781317120049
Produktnummer: 20176047
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 254 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'549 KB

Über den Autor

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.