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The Posthuman Condition

Ethics, Aesthetics And Politics Of Biotechnological Challenges

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What happens when biotechnology starts to enhance human bodies and minds? This book dives into the tough questions about whether we should embrace these advances and how they might reshape society.

Exploring the ethical, social, and political challenges of a future shaped by human enhancement technologies.

As technology gains the power to alter biology, it raises complex dilemmas about the future of humanity and society. The Posthuman Condition explores what it means to live in a world where human traits can be radically changed through biotechnology.

The book tackles key issues such as:

  • Imagining a society transformed by new human capacities
  • Evaluating the extent to which emerging technologies should be used
  • Making ethical decisions without relying on traditional ideas of human nature
  • Determining appropriate political responses to these developments

This anthology gathers insights from experts across biotechnology, medicine, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Contributors include notable thinkers like Francis Fukuyama, Julian Savulescu, Maxwell Mehlman, John Harris, and Chris Hables Gray.

Edited by: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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Forfatter(e)Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen Jacob Wamberg Mads Rosendahl Thomsen
KategoriBøger
Genre(r)Samfund Og Historie
ForlagAarhus Universitetsforlag
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SprogEngelsk
ISBN-139788779345706
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