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 Apologetics and Bioethics

 David Cook

  • Photo of: David Cook Dr David Cook is a fellow of Green College, Oxford, founding director of the Whitefield Institute and teaches philosophy, theology and ethics. He is well known as an author and broadcaster. He is the Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning at Wheaton College.  View all resources by David Cook

David Cook - Bioethics and Apologetics

Apologetics and Bioethics

  1. Challenges from bioethics
    1. Genetic knowledge
    2. Human genome
    3. Genes and disease
    4. Somatic cell and germ line
    5. Cloning technologies
    6. Stem cell research
    7. Gene manipulation
    8. Gene replacement
    9. Xenotransplantation
  2. Underlying challenges
    1. What is human?
    2. View of disease
    3. View of life and death
    4. Reductionism
    5. Determinism
    6. Research funding
    7. Public perception of genetics
    8. Playing god
  3. Social challenges
    1. Confidentiality
    2. Using genetic information – abortion
    3. Gene selection – discrimination
    4. Abnormality
    5. Social / religious responses – Tay-Sachs (Jews), thalissimia (Cypriots)
  4. Ethical and theological responses
    1. Freedom not determinism
    2. Holism not reductionism
    3. Limits of science
    4. Protecting humanity / the vulnerable
    5. Genetic variety
    6. Truth telling
    7. God the creator
    8. Fall and created order
    9. Law – public health
    10. Law and prophets – care for vulnerable
    11. Example of Jesus – incarnation
    12. Example of Jesus – cure / care for vulnerable / diseased
    13. Fulfilment – eschaton

Questions

How can we understand genetic advances?

How can we see what is being presupposed?

How can we bring values to bear?

How can we build common ground?

How can we restrain evil?

How can we show the values of Christ?

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