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What Does it Mean to be Human? Life, Death, Personhood and the Transhumanist Movement



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Anticipation Science

Paru le : 2018-09-01



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This book is a critical examination of the philosophical and moral issues in relation to human enhancement and the various related medical developments that are now rapidly moving from the laboratory into the clinical realm. In the book, the author critically examines technologies such as genetic engineering, neural implants, pharmacologic enhancement, and cryonic suspension from transhumanist and bioconservative positions, focusing primarily on moral issues and what it means to be a human in a setting where technological interventions sometimes impact strongly on our humanity. 


The author also introduces the notion that death is a process rather than an event, as well as identifies philosophical and clinical limitations in the contemporary determination of brain death as a precursor to organ procurement for transplantation. The discussion on what exactly it means to be dead is later applied to explore philosophical and clinical issues germane to the cryonics movement. 


Written by a physician/ scientist and heavily referenced to the peer-reviewed medical and scientific literature, the book is aimed at advanced students and academics but should be readable by any intelligent reader willing to carry out some side-reading. No prior knowledge of moral philosophy is assumed, as the various key approaches to moral philosophy are outlined early in the book.
Pages
213 pages
Collection
Anticipation Science
Parution
2018-09-01
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783319949499
EAN PDF
9783319949505
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
21
Taille du fichier
4608 Ko
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94,94 €
EAN EPUB
9783319949505
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
21
Taille du fichier
1075 Ko
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Prix
94,94 €

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