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Citizen Cyborg : Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future by James Hughes (2004, Hardcover)
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Citizen Cyborg : Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future, Paperback by Hughes, James, ISBN 0813341981, ISBN-13 9780813341989, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A leading medical ethicist examines the potential implications of technological innovation for human society, arguing that new cybernetic and biomedical technologies should be used to better life for everyone and that such advances will require new approaches to the issues of liberty, common good, human rights, and personal freedom. 25,000 first printing.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100813341981
ISBN-139780813341989
eBay Product ID (ePID)30783699
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Book TitleCitizen Cyborg : Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicBiotechnology, Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Future Studies, Nanotechnology & Mems, Disease & Health Issues, Life Sciences / Biology, Cybernetics
IllustratorYes
GenreComputers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
AuthorJames Hughes
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-022971
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal610
SynopsisA provocative work by medical ethicist James Hughes, Citizen Cyborg argues that technologies pushing the boundaries of humanness can radically improve our quality of life if they are controlled democratically. Hughes challenges both the technophobia of Leon Kass and Francis Fukuyama and the unchecked enthusiasm of others for limitless human enhancement. He argues instead for a third way, "democratic transhumanism," by asking the question destined to become a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century: How can we use new cybernetic and biomedical technologies to make life better for everyone? These technologies hold great promise, but they also pose profound challenges to our health, our culture, and our liberal democratic political system. By allowing humans to become more than human - "post human" or "transhuman" - the new technologies will require new answers for the enduring issues of liberty and the common good. What limits should we place on the freedom of people to control their own bodies? Who should own genes and other living things? Which technologies should be mandatory, which voluntary, and which forbidden? For answers to these challenges, Citizen Cyborg proposes a radical return to a faith in the resilience of our democratic institutions., A provocative work by medical ethicist James Hughes, Citizen Cyborg argues that technologies pushing the boundaries of humanness can radically improve our quality of life if they are controlled democratically. Hughes challenges both the technophobia of Leon Kass and Francis Fukuyama and the unchecked enthusiasm of others for limitless human enhancement. He argues instead for a third way, "democratic transhumanism," by asking the question destined to become a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century: How can we use new cybernetic and biomedical technologies to make life better for everyone? These technologies hold great promise, but they also pose profound challenges to our health, our culture, and our liberal democratic political system. By allowing humans to become more than human - "posthuman" or "transhuman" - the new technologies will require new answers for the enduring issues of liberty and the common good. What limits should we place on the freedom of people to control their own bodies? Who should own genes and other living things? Which technologies should be mandatory, which voluntary, and which forbidden? For answers to these challenges, Citizen Cyborg proposes a radical return to a faith in the resilience of our democratic institutions., A provocative work by medical ethicist James Hughes, Citizen Cyborg argues that technologies pushing the boundaries of humanness can radically improve our quality of life if they are controlled democratically. Hughes challenges both the technophobia of Leon Kass and Francis Fukuyama and the unchecked enthusiasm of others for limitless human enhancement. He argues instead for a third way, democratic transhumanism, by asking the question destined to become a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century: How can we use new cybernetic and biomedical technologies to make life better for everyone? These technologies hold great promise, but they also pose profound challenges to our health, our culture, and our liberal democratic political system. By allowing humans to become more than human - posthuman or transhuman - the new technologies will require new answers for the enduring issues of liberty and the common good. What limits should we place on the freedom of people to control their own bodies? Who should own genes and other living things? Which technologies should be mandatory, which voluntary, and which forbidden? For answers to these challenges, Citizen Cyborg proposes a radical return to a faith in the resilience of our democratic institutions.
LC Classification NumberRA418.5.M4H84 2004
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