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Human Dignity

The Hand from Georgia that Touched the World

The Hand from Georgia that Touched the World

Alex and Julie, like many expecting couples, were going in for their scheduled pre-natal check up when their doctor’s words turned their lives upside down. The doctor informed this young couple that their baby had spina bifida, a sometimes fatal and typically severe brain and spinal cord anomaly, resulting from the spine failing to close properly during the first month of pregnancy.

Alex states in the NRL News, “Our view was that after three years of trying to conceive, this was the baby God chose to give us. Julie and I are both Christians. Scripture is clear on the sanctity of life in the womb, so ending the pregnancy was never an option for us.”

So after hearing the diagnosis of their son, Julie, an obstetrics nurse, discovered in utero surgery for spina bifida at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

After much prayer and intensive consultations, Alex and Julie decided to have surgery on 21-week-old Samuel,

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Human Dignity: The Fundamental Concept in Bioethics

by The Staff of The Center For Bioethics And Human Dignity

In December of 2005, the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics met to discuss the topic, "Human Dignity as a Bioethical Concept." The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity is committed to human dignity not just as a bioethical concept but as the fundamental concept in bioethics. Our belief in the fundamental nature of human dignity comes from our view of what human dignity is, where human dignity comes from, and the implications that human dignity holds for bioethical issues.

Human dignity is the recognition that human beings are worthy of a particular level of esteem or respect simply because they are human beings. Human dignity is the way of expressing the value of human beings. This stands in sharp contrast to the way in which we express the value of things: price.

Human dignity does not arise out of some ability or combination of abilities (i.e., autonomy, rational thought, self-awareness, freedom). Instead, human dignity is an inherent aspect of being human, the result of being created in the image of God. The fact that each and every human being bears the image of God (imago Dei) means that each and every human being has equal, inestimable, and irreducible dignity. It is not bestowed and it cannot be taken away; rather, it is recognized.

Connecting the recognition of human dignity to specific issues such as cloning, stem cell research, resource allocation, euthanasia, and the like is the bioethical task. This task requires reflection, interpretation, translation, and application. This is the task to which CBHD has been called. Our efforts at educating, equipping, and engaging involve relating the fundamental concept in bioethics to the specific issues of bioethics. CBHD

 

 The Emerging Brave New World

 by Thomas Glessner

Beginning in 1973 with the infamous Roe v. Wade decision American society has increasingly accepted the concept that humanity can be divorced from personhood and thereby some human beings can be manipulated and destroyed for the selfish gains of others because they are not considered "persons.”

 

 

 

The Path to Personhood: A must see history of God's faithfulness to His principles

Lessons from History

Whitepapers & Links - Strategy for the 21st Century

The Prolife Cause and the Coming Revolution

Abortion and the Death of Man by Nigel M. de S. Cameron

Re-thinking Pro-life Strategy

Personhood attorney Robert Muise's excellent article on state Human Life amendments

Is Human Life Ever Negotiable?

As we enter the 21st century, Georgia Right to Life finds itself in the middle of a raging debate regarding the future of the pro-life movement. 

Dealing with Exceptions

Can we support laws that are less than perfect?

American Life League's Legislative philosophy

Whitepapers & Links - Human Dignity

A TALE OF TWO CENTERS: THE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND HUMAN DIGNITY

Examining bioethical issues by recognizing that biblical values have exercised a profound influence on Western Culture.

Human Dignity: Still Defying Devaluation

Is the concept of “human dignity” of any use in bioethics? Does it shed important light on the whole range of bioethical issues, from embryo research and assisted reproduction, through biomedical enhancement, to care of the disabled and the dying?

Discount Babies, Discounting Dignity

Adults and children in all parts of the world are victims of societies that have elevated economic prosperity over human dignity.

Human Dignity and Advance Directives: A Black American Perspective

Maintenance of dignity at the end of life continues to be of concern to both ethicists and laypersons.

Whitepapers & Links - Transhumanism

The Theology of Posthumanism

Posthumanism is not a formal religion, but rather, it is driven by a series of underlying religious beliefs. Posthumanists, for example, believe that finite and temporal limits of the human body place severe constraints upon the human will.

Conscious Evolution

"We in the Eugenics movement are not interested in competing against Adolph Hitler or Karl Marx for some minuscule little 1,000 year Reich. We are interested in competing with Jesus Christ and Buddha for the destiny of man."

Remaking Humans: The New Utopians Versus a Truly Human Future

The new technopians actually have a name for themselves: transhumanists. According to the World Transhumanist Association: "Transhumanism (as the term suggests) is a sort of humanism plus.

Another View of the Singularity Summit: Is the "Singularity" for Everyone?

Are we approaching technological changes that will merge biological and non-biological intelligence, fuse the man-machine relationship, and blur the lines between reality and virtual reality?

World Transhumanist Association

We support the development of and access to new technologies that enable everyone to enjoy better minds, better bodies and better lives.

Transhumanism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Democratic Transhumanism 2.0: Citizen Cyborg

"Let the ruling classes and Luddites tremble at a democratic transhumanist revolution. "