Science and the Human Person 2019 Series Archives

CRISPR-Cas 9, Practical Wisdom, and Human Identity

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Celia Deane-Drummond
August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Practical wisdom is not a panacea, but it may be an important alternative to the idea that all we need to do is apply fixed principles such as individual autonomy to ethical problems that are, at root, the same.

Catholic Conceptions of Personhood and Gene Editing

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Aline Kalbian
August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Understanding how the Catholic faith community navigates a path between fear of technological overreach and the pursuit of medical advances allows us to see the complexity of the relationship between human identity and genetic intervention.

Unmasking Neoliberalism’s Invisible Grip: Homo Economicus and the Person in Bioethics

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

M. Therese Lysaught
July 18, 2019July 30, 2019

The CRISPR conversation makes clear that bioethics, as it has emerged since the 1980s, is a deeply neoliberal project.

The Unsettled Morality of Kidney Sales

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Elham Mireshghi
May 23, 2019May 29, 2019

Despite the religious sanctions afforded by Islamic jurists, selling kidneys in Iran remains socially stigmatized and morally obscure.

Reading Frankenstein in a Time of Germline Editing

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Daniel Daly
May 6, 2019May 16, 2019

Personal and collective experience shows us that children rightly desire to be received and accepted by their parents as gifts, regardless of their abilities or genetic makeup.

Muslim Jurists’ Contribution to Islamic Bioethics

Series: Science and the Human Person 2019 Series

Mohammed Ghaly
April 22, 2019January 27, 2024

How can Muslim jurists gather the necessary information to approach new medical technologies? Interdisciplinary approaches to bioethical ijtihād may come with their own challenges.