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What is Christian about Christian bioethics?

Brent Waters1

  • 1The Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values and Department of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Christian Bioethics
|January 21, 2006
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Christian bioethics centers on the Incarnation, offering a counterpoint to transhumanism

Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Theology
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • Contemporary medicine pursues human enhancement, aligning with transhumanist goals.
  • This trajectory stems from modernity's attempt to redefine necessity and a loss of eternal perspective.
  • Medicine risks becoming a tool for profane self-transformation rather than human flourishing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define the Christian distinctiveness in bioethics.
  • To critique the transhumanist underpinnings of contemporary medicine.
  • To propose an Incarnation-centered alternative for Christian bioethics.

Main Methods:

  • Theological exegesis of the Incarnation.
  • Philosophical analysis of modernity and transhumanism.
  • Ethical reasoning grounded in Christian doctrine.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsReligious Approach

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Main Results:

  • The Incarnation, not self-transformation, should guide Christian bioethics.
  • Christian bioethics finds meaning in vulnerability and mortality through Christ's redemptive work.
  • The cross and resurrection provide a framework for understanding suffering and eternity.

Conclusions:

  • Christian bioethics must be shaped by the Incarnation, emphasizing redemption over self-enhancement.
  • It offers a framework where finitude's vulnerability and mortality are embraced as gifts.
  • This approach contrasts with medicine's pursuit of a posthuman future, advocating conformity to Christ.