1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828052203321

Autore

Volkmar Fred R.

Titolo

Essential clinical guide to understanding and treating autism / / Fred R. Volkmar, Lisa A. Wiesner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-119-42712-6

1-119-42704-5

1-119-42698-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Essential Clinical Guide

Disciplina

616.8588206

Soggetti

Autism - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910438350603321

Autore

Stephen Lilley

Titolo

Transhumanism and society : the social debate over human enhancement / / Stephen Lilley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, 2012, c2013

ISBN

94-007-4981-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in philosophy, , 2211-4556

Disciplina

303.49

Soggetti

Humanism - Social aspects

Biotechnology - Social aspects

Human evolution - Effect of technological innovations on

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 transhumanists proponents and conservationists, who push back with an argument to conserve human nature and to ban enhancement technologies.  This book provides an overview of the key contested points and present the debate in an orderly, constructive fashion.  Readers are informed about the discussion over humanism, the tension between science and religion, and the interpretation of socio-technological revolutions; and are invited to make up their own mind about one of the most challenging topics concerning  the social and ethical implications of technological advancements.   .