Unnatural selection : the challenges of engineering tomorrow's people / edited by Peter Healey and Steve Rayner.
Material type: TextSeries: Science in society seriesPublisher: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009Description: xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1844076229
- 9781844076222
- Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
- Rejuvenation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
- Longevity -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
- Medical ethics -- Congresses
- Longevity -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Biomedical Enhancement -- ethics
- Biomedical Enhancement -- methods
- Life Expectancy -- trends
- Bioethical Issues
- 174.2 22
- RA418.5.M4 U56 2009
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- Part II. One World or Several? -- Part III. The Nature of Human Natures -- Part IV. Longer? -- Part V. Stronger? -- Part VI. Smarter? -- Part VII. Happier? -- Part VIII. Fairer? -- Part IX. Governable? -- Part X. Postscript.
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 174.2 UNN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A470870B |
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Based on a conference entitled "Tomorrow's People: the Challenges of Technologies for Life Extension and Enhancement" which was organized by the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and held in Oxford in 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-264) and index.
Part I. Introduction -- Part II. One World or Several? -- Part III. The Nature of Human Natures -- Part IV. Longer? -- Part V. Stronger? -- Part VI. Smarter? -- Part VII. Happier? -- Part VIII. Fairer? -- Part IX. Governable? -- Part X. Postscript.
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