Genetics, Medical Ethics, Genetics - Human

Genetics and Christian ethics

Name: Genetics and Christian ethics
Author: Celia Deane-Drummond
ISBN: 9780521536370

by Celia Deane-Drummond

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Overview

This book considers ethical issues arising out of specific practices in human genetics, including genetic screening, gene patenting, gene therapy and genetic counselling, as well as feminist concerns. Genetics and Christian Ethics argues for a particular theo-ethical approach that derives from a modified version of virtue ethics, drawing particularly on a Thomistic understanding of the virtues, especially prudence, or practical wisdom, and justice. The book demonstrates that a theological voice is highly relevant to contested ethical debates about genetics.

About the Author, Celia Deane-Drummond

Celia Deane-Drummond is Professor in Theology and the Biological Sciences, University College Chester. She is Director of the Centre for Religion and Biosciences and her many publications include The Ethics of Nature (2004).