Sean D. Sutton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and coeditor (with John A. Murley) of Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare.

"The chapters present the insights of authors working in biology, ethics, history, philosophy, political science, religious studies, scientific journalism, and medicine. In this way, each affords a disciplinary vision and, when taken together, each and all contribute to the discourse (and debate) about whether biotechnology is the most current, shining attribute of our humanity, or a tool and trend that moves us farther from our nature." — Quarterly Review of Biology"…[a] stimulating book." — CHOICE"There is no other book by such a wide spectrum of thinkers—Sutton offers us original articles with well-articulated alternative positions." — Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Biotechnology, Human Being, and CitizenSean D. Sutton1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General ReflectionsLeon R. Kass2. Who’s Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological ProgressRonald Bailey3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream?Ronald M. Green4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual BeliefsLee M. Silver5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New GeneticsHava Tirosh-Samuelson6. The Bible and BiotechnologyLarry Arnhart7. A Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human TransformationRichard SherlockSuggested Further ReadingsAbout the ContributorsIndex

Sean D. Sutton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and coeditor (with John A. Murley) of Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare.

"The chapters present the insights of authors working in biology, ethics, history, philosophy, political science, religious studies, scientific journalism, and medicine. In this way, each affords a disciplinary vision and, when taken together, each and all contribute to the discourse (and debate) about whether biotechnology is the most current, shining attribute of our humanity, or a tool and trend that moves us farther from our nature." — Quarterly Review of Biology"…[a] stimulating book." — CHOICE"There is no other book by such a wide spectrum of thinkers—Sutton offers us original articles with well-articulated alternative positions." — Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Biotechnology, Human Being, and CitizenSean D. Sutton1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General ReflectionsLeon R. Kass2. Who’s Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological ProgressRonald Bailey3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream?Ronald M. Green4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual BeliefsLee M. Silver5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New GeneticsHava Tirosh-Samuelson6. The Bible and BiotechnologyLarry Arnhart7. A Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human TransformationRichard SherlockSuggested Further ReadingsAbout the ContributorsIndex

Sean D. Sutton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and coeditor (with John A. Murley) of Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare.

"The chapters present the insights of authors working in biology, ethics, history, philosophy, political science, religious studies, scientific journalism, and medicine. In this way, each affords a disciplinary vision and, when taken together, each and all contribute to the discourse (and debate) about whether biotechnology is the most current, shining attribute of our humanity, or a tool and trend that moves us farther from our nature." — Quarterly Review of Biology"…[a] stimulating book." — CHOICE"There is no other book by such a wide spectrum of thinkers—Sutton offers us original articles with well-articulated alternative positions." — Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Biotechnology, Human Being, and CitizenSean D. Sutton1. Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General ReflectionsLeon R. Kass2. Who’s Afraid of Posthumanity? A Look at the Growing Left/Right Alliance in Opposition to Biotechnological ProgressRonald Bailey3. Bioethics and Human Betterment: Have We Lost Our Ability to Dream?Ronald M. Green4. Biotechnology in a World of Spiritual BeliefsLee M. Silver5. Jewish Philosophy, Human Dignity, and the New GeneticsHava Tirosh-Samuelson6. The Bible and BiotechnologyLarry Arnhart7. A Transcendent Vision: Theology and Human TransformationRichard SherlockSuggested Further ReadingsAbout the ContributorsIndex