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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.Â
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. Â
Keywords
- Environment Transhumanity
- Human enhancement technology ethics
- Human enhancement technology
- Human enhancement technology society
- Religion Transhumanity
- Social Studies Technology Human
- Socio-technological revolution
- Transhumanism
- Transhumanism ethics
- Transhumanism society
- Transhumanity debate
- Transtechnology society
- Transgenic organisms
Authors and Affiliations
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, Sociology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, USA
Stephen Lilley
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transhumanism and Society
Book Subtitle: The Social Debate over Human Enhancement
Authors: Stephen Lilley
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4981-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4980-1Published: 31 July 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4981-8Published: 31 July 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-4548
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 89
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Transgenics, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Popular Science in Nature and Environment