As we are increasingly using new technologies to change ourselves beyond therapy and in accordance with our own desires, understanding the challenges of human enhancement has become one of the most urgent topics of the current age. This volume contributes to such an understanding by critically examining the pros and cons of our growing ability to shape human nature through technologicaladvancements. The authors undertake careful analyses of decisive questions that will confront society as enhancement interventions using bio-, info-, neuro- and nanotechnologies become widespread in the years to come. They provide the reader with the conceptual tools necessary to address such questions fruitfully. What makes the book especially attractive is the combination of conceptual, historical and ethical approaches, rendering it highly original. In addition, the well-balanced structure allows both favourable and critical views to bevoiced. Moreover, the work has a crystal clear structure. Presents a systematic, well-balanced and substantiated analysis of conceptual, historical, conceptual and ethical issues regarding medical enhancement and posthumanity The combination of an historical, conceptual and ethical approach gives the volume a strong original aspect in comparison with other recent literature on enhancement and posthumanity INDICE: Introduction.- Part One: Medical Enhancement. I. The History of Medical Enhancement: from Restitutio ad Integrum to Transformatio ad Optimum? II. Therapy, Enhancement and Improvement. III. Medical Enhancement: A Destination of Technological, Not Human, Betterment. IV. How to Defend Genetic Enhancement.- Part Two: Posthumanity. V. A Critical History of Posthumanism. VI. Posthumanity, Transhumanism and Human Nature. VII. Why I want to be a Posthuman WhenI Grow Up. VIII. What is the Good of Transhumanism?- Part Three: Current Developments. IX. Cosmetic Surgery. X. Decelerating and Arresting Human Aging. XI.Germline Genetic Modification. XII. Bioelectronics and Implanted Devices. XIII. Converging NBIC Technologies for Improving Human Performance.- Afterword. Advancing Posthuman Enhancement Dialogue.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-8851-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 242
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés