Playing God?

Ted Peters returns to the ethics of human bioengineering in this updated edition of a work first published in 1996. Since then, public debate has been driven by three developments in genetic science: cloning, the mapping of the human genome, and, more recently, disputes over stem cell research. Religious thinkers and policymakers have all taken part in these arguments. Peters works through the main questions in each debate and repeatedly ties them to larger questions about God, asking how people can steer new technologies with wisdom.