by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Philosophy and Theology, Science and Technology
Author: Eric A. Reitan, PhD Article Abstract: Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and teacher of seminarians writes how his scientific curiosity, the desire to understand the world of nature led him from a stand of avowed atheism to acknowledge the existence of...
by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Philosophy and Theology, Science and Technology
Author: Alfred Kracher, PhD Article Abstract: The ESSSAT held its 1998 conference, seventh in the series, in the ancient city of Durham in Northern England. About 160 participants from 27 countries met in St. John’s College to discuss this year’s topic: The...
by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Morality, Science and Technology
Author: Fr. Robert A. Brungs, SJ Article Abstract: Although written during the years of the Clinton administration, this article and commentary strikes a familiar note today – the hidden issue, for example, of population control as a prerequisite for averting the...
by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Morality, Philosophy and Theology, Science and Technology
Author: Fr. Robert A. Brungs, SJ Article Abstract: A commentary on the 1995 petition (signed by many church and religious leaders) to “oppose the patenting of human and animal life forms…We (the church leaders) believe that humans and animals are creations...
by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Life Science, Science and Technology
Authors: Various authors from the Science and Politics of Food Article Abstract: The following three excerpts are taken from the 1994 ITEST workshop. These represent exchanges among scientists, academicians and professionals in industry. Each section has an...
by ITEST | Mar 30, 2019 | Life Science, Philosophy and Theology, Science and Technology
Author: Donald DeMarco, PhD Article Abstract: “The temptation to be like God is at the root of the ethical dilemmas that contemporary biotechnology poses, particularly that branch of biotechnology that has the power to alter man in a radical way.” The...
