The transhumanist reader : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future /

• Other Authors: More, Max, 1964-, Vita-More, Natasha, 1950-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Subjects: Medical technology > Social aspects.; Humanism > History.; Human body (Philosophy) > History.; Genetic engineering > Social aspects.; MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Medical Technology.; MEDICAL > Biotechnology.; MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.; MEDICAL > Lasers in Medicine.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Biomedical.; Human body (Philosophy); Humanism.; Electronic books.; History.

Table of Contents:

• pt. I. Roots and core themes
• pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere
• pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere
• pt. IV. Core technologies
• pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death
• pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making
• pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy
• pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity
• pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.