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Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares the promise and peril of genetic engineering
Title:
Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares the promise and peril of genetic engineering
Author:
Mehlman, Maxwell J.
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Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
ix, 274 p.
Contents:
part 1. Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares -- Visions of Heaven and Hell -- Thinking about the Unthinkable -- part 2. The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- Physical Harm to Children -- Psycho-Social Harm to Children -- Broader Consequences for Society -- The End of the Human Species -- Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? -- part 3. Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering -- Protecting the Children -- Preserving Societal Cohesion -- Providing for our Descendents -- Safeguarding the Human Species -- Epilogue.
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