1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00061902

Titolo

Old master drawings from Chatsworth : reproductions of thirty of the drawings by Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606-1669 / with a foreword by the Director of the Devonshire Collections, Francis Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Derby, : English Life, [1957?]

Descrizione fisica

[32] p. : ill. ; 18x25 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972028503321

Autore

Hauskeller Michael

Titolo

Better Humans? : Understanding the Enhancement Project

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Acumen, 2013

ISBN

1-317-54716-0

1-84465-558-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

223

174

Soggetti

Bioethics

Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspects

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Becoming smarter""; ""3. Making better humans better""; ""4. Feeling better""; ""5. Becoming truly human""; ""6. Living longer""; ""7. Going cyber""; ""8. Looking good""; ""9. Getting stronger""; ""10. Being at home in the world""; ""11. Concluding remarks"";



""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly constitutes human improvement? What do we mean when we talk of making "better" humans? In this book Michael Hauskeller explores these questions and the ideas of human good that underpin them. Posing some challenging questions about the nature of human enhancement, he interrogates the logic behind its processes and examines the justifications behind its criteria. Questioning common assumptions about what constitutes human improvement, Hauskeller asks whether the criteria proposed by its advocates are convincing. The book draws on recent research as well as popular representations of human enhancement from advertising to the internet, and provides a non-technical and accessible survey of the issues for readers and students interested in the ethics and politics of human enhancement.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910147271503321

Titolo

Cardiovascular radiation medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York], : Elsevier Science Inc., ©1999-©2004

ISSN

1878-5727

Soggetti

Cardiovascular system - Diseases - Radiotherapy

Medical radiology

Cardiovascular Diseases - radiotherapy

Radiotherapy - methods

Appareil cardiovasculaire - Maladies - Radiothérapie

Radiologie médicale

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from general information screen (viewed May 17, 1999).