Robert Song
Biographic Data
| ID | 3982256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Song |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Song |
| SIGNATURE | SONG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3842-7707 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Freedom in a Time of Climate Catastrophe
The failure of Western publics to respond congruently to the scale of the climate catastrophe should be understood as a lack of freedom. This article describes four ways in which collective agency is likely to be exercised in the coming decades in relation to the climate crisis: climate governance, reactionary populism, green authoritarianism, and pluriform localism. The prospect that these may fail to achieve climate goals within the necessary t…
Gerald McKenny, Biotechnology, Human Nature, and Christian Ethics
Play It Again, but This Time with Ontological Conviction
175
Love and human relationships
This article, which focuses upon the Anglican Caroline Divines of the seventeenth century, and in particular the writings of Bishop Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), should not be misunderstood as anachronistic. It is not concerned with seventeenth-century English views on homosexuality. Rather it seeks to express the ethos of reason and broad humanistic toleration that characterizes their theological and religious perspectives and suggests that such an u…
Defacing the image of God? Elective amputations and the Christian tradition; Response to Vanessa Williams
Individuals with a condition called ‘Body Integrity Identity Disorder’ are able-bodied persons who desire to become amputees. Some with this disorder have attempted to perform amputations on themselves, while others have sought amputations from professional surgeons. This article explores the ethics and theological implications of such amputations in the light of the Christian tenets concerning creation and humanity
Christianity and Liberal Society
Knowing There Is No God, Still We Should Not Play God? Habermas on the Future of Human Nature
Jürgen Habermas’s recent critique of human genetic enhancements reaches similar conclusions to many Christian theological analyses of genetic technologies. However, his use of categories drawn from his general theory of communicative action fails to justify central distinctions such as those between the natural and the artificial, and between environmental and genetic enhancements. In fact he holds much in common with the more libertarian approac…
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Christianity and Liberal Society
Knowing There Is No God, Still We Should Not Play God? Habermas on the Future of Human Nature
Jürgen Habermas’s recent critique of human genetic enhancements reaches similar conclusions to many Christian theological analyses of genetic technologies. However, his use of categories drawn from his general theory of communicative action fails to justify central distinctions such as those between the natural and the artificial, and between environmental and genetic enhancements. In fact he holds much in common with the more libertarian approac…
Defacing the image of God? Elective amputations and the Christian tradition; Response to Vanessa Williams
Individuals with a condition called ‘Body Integrity Identity Disorder’ are able-bodied persons who desire to become amputees. Some with this disorder have attempted to perform amputations on themselves, while others have sought amputations from professional surgeons. This article explores the ethics and theological implications of such amputations in the light of the Christian tenets concerning creation and humanity
Play It Again, but This Time with Ontological Conviction
175
Love and human relationships
This article, which focuses upon the Anglican Caroline Divines of the seventeenth century, and in particular the writings of Bishop Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), should not be misunderstood as anachronistic. It is not concerned with seventeenth-century English views on homosexuality. Rather it seeks to express the ethos of reason and broad humanistic toleration that characterizes their theological and religious perspectives and suggests that such an u…
Gerald McKenny, Biotechnology, Human Nature, and Christian Ethics
Freedom in a Time of Climate Catastrophe
The failure of Western publics to respond congruently to the scale of the climate catastrophe should be understood as a lack of freedom. This article describes four ways in which collective agency is likely to be exercised in the coming decades in relation to the climate crisis: climate governance, reactionary populism, green authoritarianism, and pluriform localism. The prospect that these may fail to achieve climate goals within the necessary t…
Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Christian ethics (2 works) · Christianity (2 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (2 works) · Theology (2 works)