Human : a history /
This volume investigates what it means to be human. Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, and gods? And what are the ethical and political consequences of how we answer this question? How have our views on this changed from the times of the ancient Gre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Series: | Oxford philosophical concepts.
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| Summary: | This volume investigates what it means to be human. Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, and gods? And what are the ethical and political consequences of how we answer this question? How have our views on this changed from the times of the ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers? What do contemporary evolutionary biologists and advocates of uploading human consciousness onto computers think about it? This volume collects new essays from leading scholars in philosophy, history, and other disciplines to explore these and numerous other questions. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 440 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190876371 0190876379 9780190876388 0190876387 |