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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Koops, Bert-Jaap
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.