Shaping our selves : on technology, flourishing, and a habit of thinking

• Autore: Parens Erik
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 174.2/97952
• Soggetto topico: Technology; Perception; Morals; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Humanities; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Psychology, Social; Mental Processes; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Psychological Phenomena; Psychology; Biomedical Technology; Bioethical Issues; Body Image; Ethics; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Social Perception; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences; Medical Ethics & Philosophy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: For more than two decades, Erik Parens has participated in the debates about using technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves - debates that have at their core the question, What does it mean for human beings to flourish? Based on his experience, he has written a book to help people who are new to bioethics to understand what such debates actually entail. They entail more than the exchange of impartial reasons. They also entail efforts by critics of and enthusiasts about technologically shaping selves to justify their own ways of being in the world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaping our selves : on technology, flourishing, and a habit of thinking
• ISBN: 0-19-021175-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154326903321
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