Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gordijn, Bert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chadwick, Ruth (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Σειρά: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 2
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Ethics.; Philosophy of mind.; Social sciences.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Philosophy of Mind.; Social Sciences, general.

As we are increasingly using new technologies to change ourselves beyond therapy and in accordance with our own desires, understanding the challenges of human enhancement has become one of the most urgent topics of the current age. This volume contributes to such an understanding by critically exami...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Medical Enhancement
• The History of Medical Enhancement: From Restitutio ad Integrum to Transformatio ad Optimum?
• Therapy, Enhancement and Improvement
• Medical Enhancement: A Destination of Technological, not Human, Betterment
• How to Defend Genetic Enhancement
• Posthumanity
• A Critical History of Posthumanism
• Posthumanity, Transhumanism and Human Nature
• Why I Want to be a Posthuman when I Grow Up
• What is the Good of Transhumanism?
• Current Developments
• Cosmetic Surgery
• Decelerating and Arresting Human Aging
• Germline Genetic Modification
• Bioelectronics and Implanted Devices
• Converging NBIC Technologies for Improving Human Performance.