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Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares : The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bioethics SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421407272
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian NightmaresDDC classification:
  • 660.6/5
LOC classification:
  • QH442 .M44 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: What Is to Come? -- 1 Visions of Heaven and Hell -- 2 Thinking about the Unthinkable -- PART TWO: The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- 3 Physical Harm to Children -- 4 Psychosocial Harm to Children -- 5 Broader Consequences for Society -- 6 The End of the Human Lineage -- 7 Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? -- PART THREE: Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering -- 8 Protecting the Children -- 9 Preserving Societal Cohesion -- 10 Providing for Our Descendents -- 11 Safeguarding the Human Species -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
Summary: Our responsibility is to learn how to balance innovation with caution.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: What Is to Come? -- 1 Visions of Heaven and Hell -- 2 Thinking about the Unthinkable -- PART TWO: The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- 3 Physical Harm to Children -- 4 Psychosocial Harm to Children -- 5 Broader Consequences for Society -- 6 The End of the Human Lineage -- 7 Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? -- PART THREE: Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering -- 8 Protecting the Children -- 9 Preserving Societal Cohesion -- 10 Providing for Our Descendents -- 11 Safeguarding the Human Species -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.

Our responsibility is to learn how to balance innovation with caution.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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