In the face of rapid advances in medical research and treatment, bioethics has become a serious social concern. Originally published in 1996 and later chosen by World magazine as one of the top 100 books of the twentieth century, Gilbert Meilaender's Bioethics covers a wide range of pressing bioethical issues and offers discerning guidance on how Christians ought to think about them. In admirably clear language Meilaender discusses abortion, assisted reproduction, genetic advance and prenatal screening, care for the dying and euthanasia, human experimentation, and more. This new edition of Bioethics features updated information throughout, a fuller discussion of human embryos--including stem cell research--and a thorough rewrite of the chapter on organ donation.
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Reviewed by Janice Corbin (Burgess, VA), July 02, 2008
I ordered this book as part of a Christian Ethics course. The following is part of the evaluation I turned into the college.
List three strengths of the book:
1. James Peterson provides a large array of Christian viewpoints, and allows the reader
to determine his own convictions.
2. Genetic Turning Points prepares the reader for present and future technological
advantages, and disadvantages, of genetic intervention, while reminding of past mistakes.
3. While not the central theme of the book, Genetic Turning Points reveals man's
inability to choose wisely due to his own sin nature and lack of knowledge.
List any weaknesses
1. Genetic Turning Points is written from the worldview that life does not begin at
conception and strongly suggests that an unborn child may therefore be genetically
adapted or aborted without moral conflict in the early stages.
2. James Peterson appears to be more motivated by the overall financial costs of genetic intervation, than by scripture. Scripture references are used throughout the book, but are not used to support the majority of the book's content.
3. Genetic Turning Points is written on a medical student level with many scientific terms. It is very wordy and therefore unpleasant to read in its entirety.
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