Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares
Subtitle: the promise and peril of genetic engineering
By: Maxwell J. Mehlman
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781421406695; 9781421407272
Subjects: Social aspects; Moral and ethical aspects; Genetic engineering; Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: part 1. Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares; title: Visions of Heaven and Hell; title: Thinking about the Unthinkable; title: part 2. The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering; title: Physical Harm to Children; title: Psycho-Social Harm to Children; title: Broader Consequences for Society; title: The End of the Human Species; title: Evolution by Nature or by Human Design?; title: part 3. Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering; title: Protecting the Children; title: Preserving Societal Cohesion; title: Providing for our Descendents; title: Safeguarding the Human Species; title: Epilogue.