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UNINA9910455088003321 |
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Marcel Gabriel <1889-1973.> |
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A path to peace [[electronic resource] ] : fresh hope for the world dramatic explorations / / by Gabriel Marcel ; five plays translated & introduced by Katharine Rose Hanley |
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Milwaukee, Wis., : Marquette University Press, c2007 |
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1-4416-2351-5 |
0-87462-343-X |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Marquette studies in philosophy ; ; no. 54 |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The Heart of others -- Dot the I -- The double expertise -- The lantern -- Colombyre, or, The torch of peace. |
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This volume offers five plays by Gabriel Marcel, a multi-talented playwright, dramatic and literary critic, and writer. The selection of plays provides examples of Marcel's concrete, direct dramatic approach to questions of interpersonal relations, love, family, commitment, and creative fidelity. Editor Hanley, a Marcel researcher and translator, also offers introductions to the plays in the form of interviews conducted by her editing assistant. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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UNINA9910461060303321 |
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Bostrom Nick |
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Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 |
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1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Biomedical Enhancement |
Genetic engineering |
Medical innovations |
Prenatal diagnosis |
Medical innovations - Social aspects |
Medical ethics |
Genetic Engineering |
Ethics |
Prenatal Diagnosis |
Morals |
Biomedical Technology |
Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological |
Investigative Techniques |
Genetic Techniques |
Psychology, Social |
Technology |
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures |
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture |
Diagnosis |
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms |
Psychiatry |
Social Medicine |
Public Health |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Human Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate; Part I. Human Enhancement in General; 1. Can Anyone Really Be Talking About Ethically Modifying Human Nature?; 2. What's Taxonomy Got to Do with It? ''Species Integrity,'' Human Rights, and Science Policy; 3. Should We Improve Human Nature? An Interrogation from an Asian Perspective; 4. The Case Against Perfection: What's Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering; 5. What Is and Is Not Wrong With Enhancement?; 6. Enhancements Are a Moral Obligation; 7. Playing God |
8. Toward a More Fruitful Debate About Enhancement9. Good, Better, or Best?; 10. The Human Prejudice and the Moral Status of Enhanced Beings: What Do We Owe the Gods?; Part II. Specific Enhancements; 11. Is Selection of Children Wrong?; 12. Parental Choice and Human Improvement; 13. Reasons Against the Selection of Life: From Japan's Experience of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis; 14. Medical Enhancement and the Ethos of Elite Sport; 15. Life Enhancement Technologies: Significance of Social Category Membership |
16. Paternalism in the Age of Cognitive Enhancement: Do Civil Liberties Presuppose Roughly Equal Mental Ability?17. Enhancing Our Truth Orientation; Part III. Enhancement as a Practical Challenge; 18. The Wisdom of Nature: An Evolutionary Heuristic for Human Enhancement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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To what extent should we use technological advances to try to make better human beings? Leading philosophers debate the possibility of enhancing human cognition, mood, personality, and physical performance, and controlling aging. Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now. - ;To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human beings? Because of the remarkable advances in biomedical science, we must now find an answer to this question. Human enhancement aims to increase human capacities above normal levels. Many forms |
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UNINA9910784894403321 |
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Autore |
Wenegrat Brant |
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Theater of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness / / Brant Wenegrat |
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Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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0-19-773714-5 |
1-280-83495-1 |
9786610834952 |
0-19-534976-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Sick - Psychology |
Social influence |
Physician and patient |
Psychotherapist and patient |
Social psychiatry |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; 1. The Theater of Disorder; 2. Basic Research and Observations; 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies; 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game; 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders; 6. Multiple Personality Disorder; 7. Recovered Memory Roles; 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles; Notes; Index |
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Preface. 1. The Theater of Disorder. 2. Basic Research and Observations. 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies. 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game. 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders. 6. Multiple Personality Disorder. 7. Recovered Memory Roles. 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles. Notes. Index |
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