Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity

by Ruth F. Chadwick and Bert Gordijn

Book Overview

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 technological advancements. The authors undertake careful analyses of decisive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402088515
• ISBN13: 9781402088513
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"