02684nam 2200589Ia 450 991078091410332120230721005607.01-282-48775-297866124877501-59403-288-2(CKB)2550000000004453(EBL)478491(OCoLC)609853998(SSID)ssj0000361554(PQKBManifestationID)11274685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361554(PQKBWorkID)10352179(PQKB)11209305(MiAaPQ)EBC478491(Au-PeEL)EBL478491(CaPaEBR)ebr10330801(CaONFJC)MIL248775(EXLCZ)99255000000000445320080116d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the shadow of progress[electronic resource] being human in the age of technology /Eric Cohen1st hardcover ed.New York Encounter Booksc20081 online resource (192 p.)New Atlantis booksDescription based upon print version of record.1-59403-208-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWe 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 valuTechnologyMoral and ethical aspectsProgressTechnologyMoral and ethical aspects.Progress.174/.96Cohen Eric1977-1518975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780914103321In the shadow of progress3756823UNINA