Shaping our selves : on technology, flourishing, and a habit of thinking /

For more than two decades, Erik Parens has participated in the debates about using technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves - debates that have at their core the question, What does it mean for human beings to flourish? Based on his experience, he has written a book to help peo...

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On technology, flourishing, and a habit of thinking
1. Verfasser:
Parens, Erik
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
For more than two decades, Erik Parens has participated in the debates about using technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves - debates that have at their core the question, What does it mean for human beings to flourish? Based on his experience, he has written a book to help people who are new to bioethics to understand what such debates actually entail. They entail more than the exchange of impartial reasons. They also entail efforts by critics of and enthusiasts about technologically shaping selves to justify their own ways of being in the world.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 200 pages)
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-021175-X
Schlagworte:
Surgery, Plastic > Moral and ethical aspects.
Biomedical engineering > Moral and ethical aspects.
Body image.
Bioethics.
Social perception.
Bioethical Issues > NLM-D026688
Body Image > NLM-D001828
Biomedical Technology > ethics
Plastic Surgery Procedures > ethics > NLM-D019651Q000941
Social Perception > NLM-D012938
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