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Transhumanist dreams and dystopian nightmares : the promise and peril of genetic engineering / Maxwell J. Mehlman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421407272
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH442 .T736 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QH442 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn821733666

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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