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AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Thematic Areas: Human Nature

Developments in a wide range of scientific disciplines including paleoanthropology, human genetics, the neurosciences and robotics are placing the age old question of what it means to be human in new light. This question is also a central one addressed in the world's religious traditions. Technological developments drawing on insights from these and other sciences are already raising questions about the shape of the human future. Projects, activities and resources in this area of the Program seek to explore the significance of the convergence of scientific, technological, ethical and religious factors for a contemporary understanding of human nature and an assessment of the human future.

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