The Ethics of Cryonics Is it Immoral to be Immortal? /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Minerva, Francesca (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Bioethics.; Physical anthropology.; Science and Technology Studies.; Biological and Physical Anthropology.

Cryonics-also known as cryopreservation or cryosuspension-is the preservation of legally dead individuals at ultra-low temperatures. Those who undergo this procedure hope that future technology will not only succeed in reviving them, but also cure them of the condition that led to their demise. In t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Pausing Death
• 3. Resuming Life
• 4. The Death Conundrum
• 5. The Immortality Conundrum
• 6. Cryothanasia
• 7. Cryosuspension of Pregnancy.