TD: 2006 Volume 2 No 2http://hdl.handle.net/10394/38532024-03-29T00:43:37Z2024-03-29T00:43:37ZDialogue among pre- and post-genetic revolution civilisationsJordaan, Donrichhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/69392016-04-28T21:36:36Z2006-01-01T00:00:00ZDialogue among pre- and post-genetic revolution civilisations
Jordaan, Donrich
The genetic revolution will have a profound impact on human society and
therefore on the public policy environment. This article aims to describe the public
policy paradigms and paradigm shifts that will determine the framework for dialogue –
public policy discourse – on an abstract conceptual level. The genetic revolution will
place the determination of children’s genetic endowment squarely within the domain
of human control, and hence the responsibility for a new child’s genetic endowment
will shift from nature to man. In order for this paradigm shift to take place in public
policy, it must be realised that ‘naturalness’ has no ethical significance. A further
major obstacle in the way of this paradigm shift is the mystification paradox: as the
genetic revolution is increasing our scientific understanding of the fundamental
mechanisms of life, so these mechanisms are being demystified; but simultaneously a
variety of factors, for instance the fact that this new science seems to penetrate the
very essence of life, as well as the existence of a new esoteric genetic terminology that
is inaccessible to the general public mystify genetics. Education provides the essential
platform for dialogue among the pre- and post-genetic revolution civilisations.
2006-01-01T00:00:00ZEditorial comment: humankind and nature at the intersection of cultureTempelhoff, J W Nhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/69382016-04-28T21:34:14Z2006-01-01T00:00:00ZEditorial comment: humankind and nature at the intersection of culture
Tempelhoff, J W N
2006-01-01T00:00:00Z’n Tydige simposium oor die Groot Trek en die Slag van BloedrivierMöller, Pieterhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/40152018-08-24T13:37:25Z2006-01-01T00:00:00Z’n Tydige simposium oor die Groot Trek en die Slag van Bloedrivier
Möller, Pieter
Simposium: Die slag van Bloedrivier en die nalatenskap daarvan: verskillende perspektiewe. Aangebied deur die Erfenisstigting, 13 en 14 Oktober 2006, WNNR-Konferensiesentrum, Lynnwood, Pretoria. (Konferensie- en simposiumresensies)
2006-01-01T00:00:00ZWe know what we are, but not what we may beSchauffer, Dennishttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/39752016-04-28T21:45:55Z2006-01-01T00:00:00ZWe know what we are, but not what we may be
Schauffer, Dennis
This essay attempts to trace a personal journey from a liberal humanist
stance to an awareness of non-dualism within the altering landscape of contemporary
advances in technology. My fundamental argument is that the single inimitable
characteristic of human consciousness is an ability to encompass non-dual thought
and that this capacity can a priori not be copied, scanned or uploaded into an
informational matrix that operates through bi-polar antimonies.
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