Cross-Species Chimeras: Exploring a Possible Christian Perspective

Author: Cobbe, Neville1

Source: Zygon, Volume 42, Number 3, September 2007 , pp. 599-628(30)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Various entities that combine material from humans and other animals at either the cellular or subcellular level have attracted growing public interest. I explore the controversy by considering both the scientific rationale behind creating various entities that have prompted the greatest public concern and possible ethical implications. I note a number of potentially relevant biblical passages and reflect on the imago Dei and considerations of telos in order to prompt wider discussion regarding how Christians might respond to such emerging bioethical issues.

Keywords: chimera; cloning; embryo; ethics; humanity; imago Dei (image of God); nuclear transfer; research; telos (end); welfare

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2007.00854.x

Affiliations: 1: Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, U.K.;, Email: Neville.Cobbe@ed.ac.uk.

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