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Author Mehlman, Maxwell J

Title Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares : the promise and peril of genetic engineering / Maxwell J. Mehlman
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents Part 1. What is to come? -- Visions of Heaven and Hell -- Thinking about the Unthinkable -- Part 2. The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering -- Physical Harm to Children -- Psychosocial Harm to Children -- Broader Consequences for Society -- The End of the Human Lineage -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Genetic engineering -- Environmental aspects
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Industrial & Technical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Genetic engineering -- Environmental aspects
Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012001949
ISBN 9781421407272
1421407272