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200 10$aIn the shadow of progress$b[electronic resource] $ebeing human in the age of technology /$fEric Cohen
205   $a1st hardcover ed.
210   $aNew York $cEncounter Books$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (192 p.)
225 0 $aNew Atlantis books
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-59403-208-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aWe 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
606   $aTechnology$xMoral and ethical aspects
606   $aProgress
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