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Wondergenes
Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society
Inbunden, 2003
373 kr
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Wondergenes not only imagines a future world in which genetic enhancement is the norm, but asserts that this future has already begun. Genetically engineered substances are already in use by athletes, in vitro fertilization already provides the primitive means by which parents can "select" an …
Price of Perfection
Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement
Inbunden, 2009
594 kr
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Few would question the necessity of artificial limbs for amputees. But what of surgery to lengthen the legs of children who are merely shorter than average? Hardly anyone would challenge the decision to prescribe Aricept to people with dementia. But is it acceptable to give the same medication to …
Access to the Genome
The Challenge to Equality
Av Maxwell J. Mehlman, Jeffrey R. Botkin
Häftad, 1998
629 kr
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Completion of the Human Genome Project will make possible a staggering array of new medical technologies, including new diagnostic and screening tests for inherited disorders, gene therapies, and the ability to manipulate a person's inherited, non-disease traits. Most of the attention given to the …
Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering
Inbunden, 2012
546 kr
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Transhumanists advocate for the development and distribution of technologies that will enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, even eliminate aging. What if the dystopian futures and transhumanist utopias found in the pages of science journals, Margaret Atwood novels, …
