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Autore |
Cohen Eric <1977-> |
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Titolo |
In the shadow of progress [[electronic resource] ] : being human in the age of technology / / Eric Cohen |
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New York, : Encounter Books, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48775-2 |
9786612487750 |
1-59403-288-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st hardcover ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology - Moral and ethical aspects |
Progress |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Part One Science and the Human Prospect; The Spirit of Modern Science; The Human Difference; Part Two The Ethics of Progress; Bioethics in Wartime; The Embryo Question; Our Genetic Condition; The Commerce of the Body; A Jewish-Catholic Bioethics?; From Generation to Generation; Why Have Children?; In Whose Image Shall We Die?; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and improvements: we are healthier, wealthier, and more comfortable than ever before. But our gratitude for the benefits of progress increasingly mixes with concern about the meaning and consequences of our newfound powers. If we can dream about a new age of genetic medicine, we can also shudder at a new age of weapons of mass destruction. As we welcome longer lives, we wonder if we will still valu |
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