LEADER 04978nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910452309003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-28893-1 010 $a1-280-49886-2 010 $a9786613594099 010 $a0-262-28912-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100588 035 $a(OCoLC)793519690 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10562042 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000674129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11395799 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10660513 035 $a(PQKB)10860243 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000131004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339444 035 $a(OCoLC)793519690$z(OCoLC)761390358$z(OCoLC)961617470$z(OCoLC)962643789$z(OCoLC)1058132595 035 $a(OCoLC-P)793519690 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339444 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562042 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359409 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100588 100 $a20100127d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHumanity's end$b[electronic resource] $ewhy we should reject radical enhancement /$fNicholas Agar 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aLife and mind 300 $a"A Bradford book." 311 $a0-262-52517-8 311 $a0-262-01462-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index. 327 $aWhat is radical enhancement? -- Radical enhancement and posthumanity -- The technologist : Ray Kurzweil and the law of accelerating returns -- Is uploading ourselves into machines a good bet? -- The therapist : Aubrey de Grey's strategies for engineered negligible senescence -- Who wants to live forever? -- The philosopher : Nick Bostrom on the morality of enhancement -- The sociologist : James Hughes and the many paths of moral enhancement -- A species-relativist conclusion about radical enhancement. 330 1 $a""Arguments against radical enhancement have too often in the past been characterized by irrationalism and mysticism. Nicholas Agar presents the first cogent case for the rationality of opposing radical enhancement. Moving easily between science and philosophy, he argues for a species-relative conception of valuable experiences, according to which we have a strong reason to remain human. This central claim is bolstered by a host of other arguments, which will ensure that Humanity's End will become a central reference point for debates over the desirability of radical enhancement."--Neil Levy, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics" ""Nicholas Agar has written an excellent introduction to the moral challenges of our transition to a posthuman future, engagingly told by contrasting the work of four very different transhumanists. Humanity's End joins Agar's Liberal Eugenics on the must-read list for those interested in the future of the human race.-James J. Hughes, Executive Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies" "Proposals to make us smarter than the greatest geniuses or to add thousands years to our life spans seem fit only for the spam folder or trash can And yet this is what contemporary advocates of radical enhancement offer in all seriousness. They present a variety of technologies and therapies that will expand our capacities far beyond what is currently possible for human beings. In Humanity's End, Nicholas Agar argues against enhancement. describing its destructive consequences." 330 8 $a"Agar examines the proposals of four prominent radical enhancers: Ray Kurzweil, who argues that technology will enable our escape from human biology; Aubrey de Gray, who calls for anti-aging therapies that will achieve "longevity escape velocity"; Nick Bostrom, who defends the morality and rationality of enhancement; and James Hughes, who envisions a harmonious democracy of the enhanced and the unenhanced. Agar argues that the outcomes of radical enhancement could be darker than the rosy futures described by these thinkers. The most dramatic means of enhancing our cognitive powers could in fact kill us; the radical extension of our life span could eliminate experiences of great value from our lives; and a situation in which some humans are radically enhanced and others are not could lead to tyranny of posthumans over humans."--Jacket. 410 0$aLife and mind. 606 $aHuman evolution$xEffect of technological innovations on 606 $aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman evolution$xEffect of technological innovations on. 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aAgar$b Nicholas$0615904 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452309003321 996 $aHumanity's end$92277180 997 $aUNINA