Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Frontiers of Knowledge: Where Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact -- The Three Worlds of Knowledge -- The Limits of Knowledge -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Origins of the Universe and Matter -- Introduction: A Conflict of Uncertainties -- Stories of Creation -- The Big Bang -- Science or Faith? -- The Uncertainty Principle -- The Search for Unification -- Accepting Uncertainty -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 The Origin of Life -- Creation Stories -- Requirements for Life -- The Primordial Soup Theory -- The Paradox -- Evidence for Bioactive Substrates -- An Inorganic Route to Biosynthesis -- Present Day Implications -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 The Evolution of Life -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Ethical Issues of Implants -- Introduction -- The Need for Implants -- The Discovery of Bioactive Glasses -- The First Ethical Issue -- Number of Implants -- Implant Failure -- Moral Uncertainties -- General Moral Principles -- Principles of Distributive Justice -- Consequences of the Theoretical Problem -- Source of Conflict -- Specific Ethical Concerns About Biomaterials -- Specific Needs to Minimise Ethical Concerns -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Ethical Issues of Transplants -- Introduction -- Issues of Supply -- Xenografts as a Solution? -- Cost -- Survivability -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Ethical Issues of Genetic Manipulation of Life -- The Human Genome Project -- The Issues -- Approval of Stem Cell Research -- Merits of Stem Cell Research -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Effects of Technology on Health Care and Resource Allocation -- I Deserve a Long Life -- I Am Owed a Long Life -- I'll Pay to Have a Long Life -- Human Error a Magnifying Factor -- Health Care Cure -- Time for a Change -- Bibliography.

Chapter 9 Ethical Issues of Birth Control -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Ethical Issues of Death Control -- Defining Death -- Assisting Death -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Quantum Theology: The Evolution of Faith -- Epilogue -- Index.