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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786328803321

Autore

Mehlman Maxwell J

Titolo

Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares [[electronic resource] ] : the promise and peril of genetic engineering / / Maxwell J. Mehlman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4214-0727-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

660.6/5

Soggetti

Genetic engineering - Social aspects

Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic engineering - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares -- Visions of Heaven and Hell -- Thinking about the Unthinkable -- part 2. The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- Physical Harm to Children -- Psycho-Social Harm to Children -- Broader Consequences for Society -- The End of the Human Species -- Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? -- part 3. Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering -- Protecting the Children -- Preserving Societal Cohesion -- Providing for our Descendents -- Safeguarding the Human Species -- Epilogue.