Transhumanism and Society (Record no. 99512)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400749818
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-007-4981-8
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Classification number B53
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Subject category code HP
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Subject category code PHI021000
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Subject category code TEC000000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 601
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lilley, Stephen.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Transhumanism and Society
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title The Social Debate over Human Enhancement /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Stephen Lilley.
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-- 2013.
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Extent X, 89 p.
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Series statement SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
International Standard Serial Number 2211-4548
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction to the Transhumanity Debate -- Chapter 2. Transcend or Transgress? -- Chapter 3. Transformation of Body and Mind -- Chapter 4. Rhetoric of Risk -- Chapter 5. Inevitability -- Chapter 6. Closure -- References -- Index.
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Summary, etc This book provides an introductory overview to the social debate over enhancement technologies with an overview of the transhumanists' call to bypass human nature and conservationists' argument in defense of it. The author present this controversy as it unfolds in the contest between transhumanists proponents and conservationists, who push back with an argument to conserve human nature and to ban enhancement technologies.  This book provides an overview of the key contested points and present the debate in an orderly, constructive fashion.  Readers are informed about the discussion over humanism, the tension between science and religion, and the interpretation of socio-technological revolutions; and are invited to make up their own mind about one of the most challenging topics concerning  the social and ethical implications of technological advancements.   
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy (General).
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Technology
General subdivision Philosophy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Transgenic organisms.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences
General subdivision Methodology.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy of Technology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Transgenics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Methodology of the Social Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Nature and Environment.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400749801
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Uniform title SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4981-8
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