Bioethics

• Don't my genes determine my behaviour? by Prof John Bryant.
• Briefing: "Stem Cells" (pdf 400 kb) by Prof John Bryant
• Uses and abuses of genetic engineering (manuscript, pdf 158 kb), published in Postgrad. Med. J., May 2003; 79: 249 - 251.
  Dr Denis Alexander
• Stem cells and Therapeutic Cloning (from about 2001)
  Prof Derek Burke
• Cloning after Dolly (from about 2001)
  Prof Derek Burke
• What is Genetic Engineering? (from about 2001)
  Prof Derek Burke
• Why is there such a fuss about the genetic engineering of crops? (from about 2001)
  Prof Derek Burke
• Will genetic engineering help feed the world or not? (from about 2001 -- to be updated)
  Prof Derek Burke
• Why the apparent haste to clone humans? (J Med Ethics 32 (2006) 298-302)
  Dr Neville Cobbe
• A Calling to Medicine/Faith, and Science - a Growing Interest (pdf, 537 kb)
  Professor Margaret Hodson, FRCP. Physician.

A previous chairman of CiS, Prof John Bryant, has written two recent books:

• Life in our hands: A Christian perspective on genetics and cloning
  written with John Searle, and based on lectures given at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
  
• Introduction to Bioethics
  written with Linda Baggott La Velle and John Searle.

See also our recommended books or the following lectures from from a series run by the Cambridge local CiS group :

• Playing God: Scientific, Ethical, and Theological Challenges
  Prof Gareth Jones
• Stem Cells
  Lord Walton of Detchant

Other organisations

• What is the value of Human life? Bioethics day conference run by Christian Heritage.
• Society, Religion and Technology Project of the Church of Scotland has some thoughtful resources.
• Ethics section of the Christian Medical Fellowship More helpful resources.
• ASA compilation of essays on ethics
• Resources from the Cambridge Papers An excellent source of Christian thinking on contemporary issues. Here are a few that directly relate to bioethics and/or technology:
  • Worshiping God with technology Denis R. Alexander, December 2003
  • Cloning humans - distorting the image of God? Denis R. Alexander, December 2001
  • Can science explain everything? Scientific naturalism and the death of science Denis R. Alexander, June 1999
  • Genetic engineering in God's world Denis R. Alexander, June 1997