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The Humanitas
Project
The cultural
impact of the new biotechnologies, from life support systems to
cloning to genetic testing of embryos for sex selection, has not
been lost on the cultural commentators. In anticipation of even
further developments, some have already dubbed the 21st century
the “Biotech Century.”
The increasing
prominence of the new biotechnologies, along with the ideas that
guide their development and use, demands our attention as few
other cultural developments have. The purpose of The
Humanitas Project is to provide educational resources that
will help in making informed and wise decisions about supporting
and using these technologies. [more]
Events
From time
to time we will post events—conferences and lectures—that may be
helpful in understanding bioethics and biotechnology or the place of
Christianity in contemporary American culture. Current events
are listed here.
Articles
Michael Poore,
Executive Director of The Humanitas Project, has written
a number of newspaper articles on a variety of topics related to
bioethics and biotechnology. Some of these articles are
available
here.
News
Staying abreast of
developments in the biotech arena can be challenging. To
help make
this task more manageable, The Humanitas Project
publishes Living in the Biotech Century, an e-mail
compendium of news, resources, and commentary on developments in
bioethics and biotechnology. For more information, or to
subscribe to this free bimonthly publication, click
here.
Resources
Many resources
address the new biotechnologies and their ethical challenges.
Unfortunately, these resources are sometimes difficult to find
and select. To address this need, The Humanitas Project
is assembling a collection of articles, essays, book reviews,
and books in the
Resources section.
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