Biotechnology and the Future of Humanity
Key Details
Celia Deane-Drummond will be speaking as a panelist on the topic " Biotechnology and the Future of Humanity" at the 7th V. Elving Anderson Lecture in Science and Religion on 23 April. The event is organised by Anselm House, University of Minnesota.
About the Talk
Through medicine and biotechnology we have profoundly increased our ability to confront illness, disease and physical suffering and have lengthened the average human life-span. These gains have led some to ask: how might we use the power of biotechnology to also increase our quality of life and enhance human capabilities? Others argue that some forms of biotechnology not only help us to flourish as humans, but arguably have the potential to alter our humanity itself. Whatever it is that we are able to do, we must also ask what it is that we should do (and, consequently, what we should not do).
Date: 23 April, 6pm GMT