The posthuman condition : ethics, aesthetics and politics of biotechnological challenges / edited by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, and Jacob Wamberg.

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: MatchPoints ; 3.Publication details: Aarhus, DK : Aarhus University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9788771240696
8771240691

Other title:

Ethics, aesthetics and politics of biotechnological challenges

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Posthuman condition.DDC classification:

303.483

LOC classification:

TP248.23 .P67 2012eb

NLM classification:

2013 E-666
WB 60

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Technological scenarios -- Ethical dilemmas -- Artistic responses -- Political possibilities.

Summary: "If biotechnology can be used to upgrade' humans physically and mentally, should it be done? And if so, to what extent? How will biotechnology affect societal cohesion, and can the development be controlled? Or is this a Pandora's box that should remain closed? These are just a few of the many questions that arise as a result of the increasing ability of technology to change biology and, eventually, transform human living conditions. This development has created a new horizon of a posthuman future that will influence contemporary life and politics in a number of ways. The book gathers researchers within the fields of biotechnology, medicine, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Among the contributors are Francis Fukuyama, Julian Savulescu, Maxwell Mehlman, Lone Frank and Chris Hables Gray."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Technological scenarios -- Ethical dilemmas -- Artistic responses -- Political possibilities.

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"If biotechnology can be used to upgrade' humans physically and mentally, should it be done? And if so, to what extent? How will biotechnology affect societal cohesion, and can the development be controlled? Or is this a Pandora's box that should remain closed? These are just a few of the many questions that arise as a result of the increasing ability of technology to change biology and, eventually, transform human living conditions. This development has created a new horizon of a posthuman future that will influence contemporary life and politics in a number of ways. The book gathers researchers within the fields of biotechnology, medicine, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Among the contributors are Francis Fukuyama, Julian Savulescu, Maxwell Mehlman, Lone Frank and Chris Hables Gray."--Provided by publisher.

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