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John Milbank on Christian Political Theology and its Secular Perversions

The Political Animals

CHAPTER

The Impact of Extreme Biotechnology

The chapter discusses the consequences of extreme biotechnology, critiquing the profit motive behind transhumanism and the dangers of trying to escape or transform our bodies. It emphasizes the need to respect human ecology and caution against altering nature too drastically to avoid unforeseen disasters. The conversation also explores the control exerted by powerful elites through extreme biotechnology and the potential need for a popular rebellion against it.

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