Harold W. Baillie, Is Human Nature Obsolete?: Genetics, Bioengineering, and the Future of the Human Condition(Repost)
Harold W. Baillie, Is Human Nature Obsolete?: Genetics, Bioengineering, and the Future of the Human Condition
ISBN: 0262025698 | edition 2004 | PDF | 434 pages | 12 mb
ISBN: 0262025698 | edition 2004 | PDF | 434 pages | 12 mb
As our scientific and technical abilities expand at breathtaking speeds, concern that modern genetics and bioengineering are leading us to a posthuman future is growing. Is Human Nature Obsolete? poses the overarching question of what it is to be human against the background of these current advances in biotechnology. Its perspective is philosophical and interdisciplinary rather than technical; the focus is on questions of fundamental ontological importance rather than the specifics of medical or scientific practice.