The Value of Biotechnology
As an Incentive for Moral Evolution

John Armstrong, Ph.D., M.A.T.

• Overview
  
• PROLOGUE: Natura and Scientia
  
• FIRST PART: The Curtain Lifts with Scientia at Stage-Center
  

  The Ones Who Voice Caution
  Science Literacy and the Revitalization of the Humanities
  The Proverbial Conversation about Nature and Nurture
  Religion and Spirituality Gain More Attention

• SECOND PART: "Bioethica" Joins Scientia's Entourage
  

  Mainstream Bioethics and Its Opposition
  Pluralism and the Talk about "Something New"
  The Search for Consensus
  A Role for Religion and Spirituality in the Face of Pluralism

• THIRD PART: The Script Turns to "Biotechnologia" As Incentive for Moral Evolution
  

  The Turn from Nature to Science and Its Biotechnology
  Scientia and "Bioethica" in Transition
  A Role for the Tension between Polarities
  Moral Evolution
  Some Practical Indications

• EPILOGUE: Scientia and the One to Come
  
• Notes
  
• References

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  Acknowledgment

  My role as a consultant on this work was supported financially by the Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan. I thank Dr. Arthur Zajonc at the Institute for patiently helping me to bring the paper to fruition.

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