Lumen Christi Institute | The Human Person in an Age of Biotechnology - Part II: Theoria @LumenChristiInt | Uploaded January 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Part II of the symposium, "The Human Person in an Age of Biotechnology", featuring Professors Paul Scherz (Catholic University of America), Willemien Otten (University of Chicago), and Jeffrey Bishop (Saint Louis University). Moderated by Professor Hille Haker (Loyola University Chicago)
The University of Chicago, BSLC
November 15, 2019
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Part II: Theoria
Paul Scherz (Catholic University of America): "Being Human as Being at Risk: The Shift from Genetic Determinism to Precision Medicine" (0:40)
Willemien Otten (University of Chicago): "The Dynamics Between Nature and Human Nature on Perpetration and Victimhood” (23:02)
Jeff Bishop (Saint Louis University)--- "On the Being of Humans and the Being of Technology" (47:50)
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We are at the very outset of the Age of Biotechnology. This presses anew questions regarding the limits of the human person. What is the human species from the point of view of evolutionary biology? How malleable is this definition? Is there such a thing as a species? How does this compare to philosophical perspectives on the person? The questions above are not new, but they have acquired new urgency with recent advances in biotechnology.
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Program on Religion and Medicine at the University of Chicago, the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, the Theology and Ethics Workshop, the Society of Catholic Scientists, and McCormick Theological Seminary. This program was made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and the Our Sunday Visitor Institute.
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Read more about this event on our website: lumenchristi.org/event/2019/11/human-person-in-an-age-of-biotechnology-a-symposium
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Part II of the symposium, "The Human Person in an Age of Biotechnology", featuring Professors Paul Scherz (Catholic University of America), Willemien Otten (University of Chicago), and Jeffrey Bishop (Saint Louis University). Moderated by Professor Hille Haker (Loyola University Chicago)
The University of Chicago, BSLC
November 15, 2019
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Part II: Theoria
Paul Scherz (Catholic University of America): "Being Human as Being at Risk: The Shift from Genetic Determinism to Precision Medicine" (0:40)
Willemien Otten (University of Chicago): "The Dynamics Between Nature and Human Nature on Perpetration and Victimhood” (23:02)
Jeff Bishop (Saint Louis University)--- "On the Being of Humans and the Being of Technology" (47:50)
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We are at the very outset of the Age of Biotechnology. This presses anew questions regarding the limits of the human person. What is the human species from the point of view of evolutionary biology? How malleable is this definition? Is there such a thing as a species? How does this compare to philosophical perspectives on the person? The questions above are not new, but they have acquired new urgency with recent advances in biotechnology.
This symposium was co-sponsored by the Program on Religion and Medicine at the University of Chicago, the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, the Theology and Ethics Workshop, the Society of Catholic Scientists, and McCormick Theological Seminary. This program was made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and the Our Sunday Visitor Institute.
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Read more about this event on our website: lumenchristi.org/event/2019/11/human-person-in-an-age-of-biotechnology-a-symposium
To subscribe to Lumen Christi's YouTube page, click here:
youtube.com/user/LumenChristiInt
