Changing human nature : ecology, ethics, genes, and God/
Peterson, James C.
Changing human nature : ecology, ethics, genes, and God/ James C. Peterson - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010 - viii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Called to shape what is entrusted to us. God's garden -- Using tools -- Body and soul -- Three helpful cautions, but inadequate guides for shaping human nature. Cure versus enhancement -- Welcoming versus making -- The present versus the future -- Four standards for shaping human nature. Safe -- Genuine improvement -- Increase choice for the recipient -- Best use of always finite resources -- Who applies these standards? The devastating history of coercion, racism, and eugenics -- Checks and balances.
97808028654960802865496
Christianity -- Psychology.Theological anthropology -- Christianity.Nature and nurture.
BR110 / .P43 2010
Changing human nature : ecology, ethics, genes, and God/ James C. Peterson - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010 - viii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Called to shape what is entrusted to us. God's garden -- Using tools -- Body and soul -- Three helpful cautions, but inadequate guides for shaping human nature. Cure versus enhancement -- Welcoming versus making -- The present versus the future -- Four standards for shaping human nature. Safe -- Genuine improvement -- Increase choice for the recipient -- Best use of always finite resources -- Who applies these standards? The devastating history of coercion, racism, and eugenics -- Checks and balances.
97808028654960802865496
Christianity -- Psychology.Theological anthropology -- Christianity.Nature and nurture.
BR110 / .P43 2010