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Science Matters Your Genes: Choice or Chance?

Science Matters Your Genes: Choice or Chance?. Ethics and Theology James J. Walter, PhD Austin & Ann O’Malley Professor of Bioethics The Bioethics Institute Loyola Marymount University. I. INTRODUCTION. Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT). I. INTRODUCTION.

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Science Matters Your Genes: Choice or Chance?

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  1. Science MattersYour Genes: Choice or Chance? Ethics and Theology James J. Walter, PhD Austin & Ann O’Malley Professor of Bioethics The Bioethics Institute Loyola Marymount University

  2. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT)

  3. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 1. Therapeutic Types

  4. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 1. Therapeutic Types a. Somatic Cell Therapy: Alters the Patient Only

  5. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 1. Therapeutic Types a. Somatic Cell Therapy: Alters the Patient Only b. Germ‑line Therapy: Alters the Patient's Children

  6. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 2. Enhancement (non‑therapeutic) Types

  7. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 2. Enhancement (non‑therapeutic) Types a. Somatic Cell Engineering: Alters the Patient Only

  8. I. INTRODUCTION Types of Human Gene Transfer (HGT) 2. Enhancement (non‑therapeutic) Types a. Somatic Cell Engineering: Alters the Patient Only b. Germ‑line Engineering: Alters the Patient's Children

  9. Which of these 4 Types of Human Gene Transfer Should We Support Morally? 1. Therapeutic Types a. Somatic Cell Therapy: Alters the Patient Only b. Germ‑line Therapy: Alters the Patient's Children 2. Enhancement (non‑therapeutic) Types a. Somatic Cell Engineering: Alters the Patient Only b. Germ‑line Engineering: Alters the Patient's Children

  10. II. RELIGIOUS REFLECTIONS ON HUMAN GENE TRANSFER

  11. Introduction 1. The Role of Religious Reflection

  12. Introduction 1. The Role of Religious Reflection 2. Religious Themes Shared by all Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity & Islam

  13. Introduction 1. The Role of Religious Reflection 2. Religious Themes Shared by all Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity & Islam • Creation

  14. Introduction 1. The Role of Religious Reflection 2. Religious Themes Shared by all Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity & Islam • Creation • Humans Created in the Image of the Divine

  15. Creation 1. Views of Creation

  16. Creation 1. Views of Creation a. Fixed and Static Position: Creation Complete

  17. Creation 1. Views of Creation a. Fixed and Static Position: Creation Complete b. Process‑Historical Position: Creation Incomplete

  18. Humans as Created in the Image of the Divine 2. Views of the Image of the Divine

  19. Humans as Created in the Image of the Divine 2. Views of the Image of the Divine a. Steward: Respect God's Laws in Creation

  20. Humans as Created in the Image of the Divine 2. Views of the Image of the Divine a. Steward: Respect God's Laws in Creation b. Created Co‑creator: Responsible for History

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