Engineering the human : human enhancement between fiction and fascination /
The volume is collection of articles treating the topic of human improvement/enhancement from a variety of perspectives - philosophical, literary, medical, genetic, sociological, legal etc. The chapters in this volume treat not only those aspects that most immediately come to mind when one thinks of...
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Berlin ; New York :
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Table of Contents:
- Towards Homo Manufactus? : An Introduction to this Volume / Christoph H. Luthy, Bert-Jaap Koops
- Historical and Philosophical Reflections on Natural, Enhanced and Artificial Men and Women / Christoph H. Luthy
- Changing the Body Through the Centuries / Theo Mulder
- Human Enhancement in Futures Explorations / Lucas Cornips, Marjolein van Asselt
- Genetic Enhancement of Human Beings: Reality or Fiction? / Annemiek Nelis, Danielle Posthuma
- Gulliver's Next Travels: A Journey into the Land of Biomaterials and Synthetic Life / Annemiek Nelis, Hub Zwart
- Human Robots and Robotic Humans / Catholijn M. Jonker, Annemiek Nelis
- Human Enhancement, Evolution and Lifespan: Evolving Towards Immortality? / Simon Verhulst
- Opting for Prevention: Human Enhancement and Genetic Testing / Annemiek Nelis, Symone Detmar, Elske van den Akker
- A Unique Copy: The Life and Identity of Clones in Literary Fiction / Bert-Jaap Koops
- Parents' Responsibility for Their Choices Regarding the Enhancement of Their Child / Carla Sieburgh
- Concering 'humans' and 'human' rights. Human enhancement from the perspective of fundamental rights / Bert-Jaap Koops
- Conclusion: the debate about human enhancement / Bert-Jaap Koops.