Enhancing the Imago Dei: Can a Christian Be a Transhumanist?
Transhumanism is an ideology that embraces the use of various forms of biotechnology to enhance human beings toward the emergence of a "posthuman" kind. In this article, I contrast some of the foundational tenets of Transhumanism with those of Christianity, primarily focusing on their resp...
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-93 |
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