Keywords
Christians, transhumanism
Abstract
On 31 March 2005, Terri Schiavo passed away, amidst the grief, consternation, and outrage of many Americans. In our desire to live forever and “be like God” (Genesis 3:5), human beings have created death-defying technologies. However, these technologies have led to many ethical dilemmas, in part because bioethics has been influenced insidiously by a cultural transhumanism that denies our fundamental human nature and mortality. Many Christians have embraced a transhumanist view of technology, leading to an unhealthy vitalism at the end of life. In this paper, I will demonstrate this flawed view, using the persistent vegetative states (PVS) as an example.
DOI
10.15385/jce.2014.13.2.2
Recommended Citation
Turkelson, Lynley G.
(2014)
"Why Christians Are Afraid of Removing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration,"
CedarEthics: A Journal of Critical Thinking in Bioethics: Vol. 13:
No.
2, Article 2.
DOI: 10.15385/jce.2014.13.2.2
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarethics/vol13/iss2/2
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