Playing God (morality)

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Playing God often refers to someone supposedly taking on the role of "God" for human purposes. Alleged acts of playing God may include, for example, deciding who is to live or die, in a situation where not everyone can be saved. Usually the expression is used to invoke a precautionary principle or to suggest that someone should refrain from a controversial action.

[edit] See also

• Anti-science
• Anti-intellectualism
• Antimodernism
• Bioethics
• Morality
• Mortality
• Naturalistic fallacy
• Transhumanism and the Playing God argument

[edit] External links

• BBC — Religion & Ethics — Human Cloning: We should not play God
• Monroe, Irene. Playing God with the Human Race
• International Theological Commission. Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God