Is human nature obsolete? genetics bioengineering, and the future of the human condition / edited by Harold W. Baillie and Timothy K. Casey.
| Other author | Philoponus, John, active 6th century. |
| Other author | Baillie, Harold W., 1950- |
| Other author | Casey, Timothy. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | x, 422 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Subjects |
| Series | Basic bioethics Basic bioethics ^A459921 |
| Contents | Nature, technology, and the emergence of cybernetic humanity / Timothy K. Casey -- Nature and human nature / Mark Sagoff -- Life sciences : discontents and consolations / Paul Rabinow -- Genetic engineering and eugenics : the uses of history / Diane B. Paul -- The body and the quest for control / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Visions and re-visions : life and the accident of birth / Richard M. Zaner -- Aristotle and genetic engineering : the uncertainty of excellence / Harold W. Baillie -- Human recency and race : molecular anthropology, the refigured Acheulean, and the UNESCO response to Auschwitz / Robert N. Proctor -- Human nature in a post-human genome project world / Thomas A. Shannon -- Telos, value, and genetic engineering Bernard E. Rollin -- Nature, sin, and society / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Human genetic intervention : past, present, and future / LeRoy Walters -- Resistance is futile : the posthuman condition and its advocates / Langdon Winner. |
| General note | Papers from a conference held in spring 2001 at the University of Scranton. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004040298 |
| ISBN | 9780262524285 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262524287 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780262025690 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262025698 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |