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Medical enhancement and posthumanity / editors Bert Gordijn, Ruth Chadwick.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: (The international library of ethics, law and technology ; Vol. 2)Publication details: [Dordrecht] : Springer Science, 2008.Description: 240 str. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781402088513
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Sadržaj: Introduction / Bert Gordijin and Ruth Chadwick ; The history of medical enhancement : from restitutio ad integrum to transformatio ad optimum? / Urban Wiesing ; Therapy, enhancement and improvement / Ruth Chadwick ; Medical enhancement : a destination of technological, not human, betterment / S. J. Kevin FitzGerlad ; How to defend genetic enhancement / Nicholas Agar ; A critical history of posthumanism / Andy Miah ; Posthumanity, transhumanism and human nature / Dieter Birnbacher ; Why I want to be a posthuman when I grow up / Nick Bostrom ; What is the God of transhumanism? / Charles T. Rubin ; Cosmetic surgery / Mary Devereaux ; Decelerating and arresting human aging / Walter Glannon ; Germline genetic modification / Rebecca Dresser ; Bioelectronics and implanted devices / Ellen M. McGee ; Converging NBIC technologies for improving human performance / Bert Gordijn ; Afterword : advancing posthuman enhancement dialogue / Michael J. Selgelid.
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Knjige Knjige Referalni centar za bioetiku u jugoistočnoj Europi Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, 3. kat, A-305 Opća bioetička knjižnica OB-Gordijin, B.-m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) ETHICSWEB:466309 Available 1011438

Sadržaj: Introduction / Bert Gordijin and Ruth Chadwick ; The history of medical enhancement : from restitutio ad integrum to transformatio ad optimum? / Urban Wiesing ; Therapy, enhancement and improvement / Ruth Chadwick ; Medical enhancement : a destination of technological, not human, betterment / S. J. Kevin FitzGerlad ; How to defend genetic enhancement / Nicholas Agar ; A critical history of posthumanism / Andy Miah ; Posthumanity, transhumanism and human nature / Dieter Birnbacher ; Why I want to be a posthuman when I grow up / Nick Bostrom ; What is the God of transhumanism? / Charles T. Rubin ; Cosmetic surgery / Mary Devereaux ; Decelerating and arresting human aging / Walter Glannon ; Germline genetic modification / Rebecca Dresser ; Bioelectronics and implanted devices / Ellen M. McGee ; Converging NBIC technologies for improving human performance / Bert Gordijn ; Afterword : advancing posthuman enhancement dialogue / Michael J. Selgelid.

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