Transhumanism and Society The Social Debate over Human Enhancement /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lilley, Stephen (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Transgenic organisms.; Nature.; Environment.; Social sciences.; Philosophy of Technology.; Transgenics.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

This book provides an introductory overview to the social debate over enhancement technologies with an overview of the transhumanists' call to bypass human nature and conservationists' argument in defense of it. The author present this controversy as it unfolds in the contest between trans...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1
• Introduction to the Transhumanity Debate
• Chapter 2. Transcend or Transgress?
• Chapter 3. Transformation of Body and Mind
• Chapter 4. Rhetoric of Risk
• Chapter 5. Inevitability
• Chapter 6. Closure
• References
• Index.