wyszukanych pozycji: 15
Better Humans?: Understanding the Enhancement Project
ISBN: 9781844655564 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly constitutes human improvement? What do we mean when we talk of making "better" humans? In this book Michael Hauskeller explores these questions and the ideas of...
Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations....
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708,33 zł |
Was ist Kunst?
ISBN: 9783406805332 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2023 / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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55,19 zł |
Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life: Taking Public Fears Seriously
ISBN: 9780754660446 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with animals and plants, their utility, or impairing their ability to live autonomously, or unduly instrumentalizing them.Yet many scientists are puzzled about the unwillingness of the public to feel much enthusiasm...
There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or prod...
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760,80 zł |
The Meaning of Life and Death: Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question
ISBN: 9781350073647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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129,31 zł |
Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life: Taking Public Fears Seriously
ISBN: 9781138265448 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with animals and plants, their utility, or impairing their ability to live autonomously, or unduly instrumentalizing them. Yet many scientists are puzzled about the unwillingness of the public to feel much enthusiasm...
There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or prod...
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262,29 zł |
Mythologies of Transhumanism
ISBN: 9783319397405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion of human autonomy Michael Hauskeller explores these narratives and the understanding of human nature that informs them. Particular attention is paid to the theory of transhumanism as a form of utopia, stories of human nature, the increasing integration of the radical human enhancement project into... This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking ... |
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390,87 zł |
Mythologies of Transhumanism
ISBN: 9783319819532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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390,87 zł |
The Meaning of Life and Death: Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question
ISBN: 9781350073630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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419,75 zł |
Better Humans?: Understanding the Enhancement Project
ISBN: 9781844655571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly constitutes human improvement? What do we mean when we talk of making "better" humans? In this book Michael Hauskeller explores these questions and the ideas of...
Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations....
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194,08 zł |
Death and Meaning: Volume 90
ISBN: 9781009187862 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of a) what meaning in life is: how it is to be understood, what its constituents are, and how it can be properly distinguished from other features that are commonly thought to be required for a good life, such as happiness, b) in what way, if any, mortality can be said to be detrimental to a life's meaningfulness and what follows from this for the desirability of radical life extension and other (limit-removing) alterations of the present human condition, and c) in what way, if any, death and mortality can be said to be requisites...
This collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of a) what meaning in life is: how it is to be understood, what its constituents are, and...
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125,55 zł |
Sex and the Posthuman Condition
ISBN: 9781137393494 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots.
This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythologica...
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195,42 zł |
Moral Enhancement: Critical Perspectives
ISBN: 9781108717342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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125,55 zł |
Jonathan Swift and Philosophy
ISBN: 9781498521536 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift's writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift's criticism of the politics, philosophy, and science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight preconceptions about Swift as ignorant about the scientific developments of his time. The authors offer insights into, and interpretations of, Swift's political philosophy, ethics, and his philosophy of...
Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift's writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in ...
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524,69 zł |
The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television
ISBN: 9781349577019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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664,51 zł |
The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television
ISBN: 9781137430311 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world.
What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine...
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664,51 zł |