Shaping our selves : on technology, flourishing, and a habit of thinking
Parens, ErikAuthor
For more than two decades, Erik Parens has participated in the debates about using technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves - debates that have at their core the question, What does it mean for human beings to flourish? Based on his experience, he has written a book to help people who are new to bioethics to understand what such debates actually entail. They entail more than the exchange of impartial reasons. They also entail efforts by critics of and enthusiasts about technologically shaping selves to justify their own ways of being in the world.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For more than two decades, Erik Parens has participated in the debates about using technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves - debates that have at their core the question, What does it mean for human beings to flourish? Based on his experience, he has written a book to help people who are new to bioethics to understand what such debates actually entail. They entail more than the exchange of impartial reasons. They also entail efforts by critics of and enthusiasts about technologically shaping selves to justify their own ways of being in the world.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2014).
Technology
Perception
Morals
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Humanities
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Psychology, Social
Mental Processes
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Psychiatry and Psychology
Biomedical Technology
Bioethical Issues
Body Image
Ethics
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Social Perception
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
Medical Ethics & Philosophy