The Proactionary Imperative

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A Foundation for Transhumanism

ISBN: 1137302976
ISBN 13: 9781137302977
Autor: Fuller, S/Lipinska, V/Loparo, Kenneth A
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: ix, 153 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.07.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Third book in a trilogy by world-renowned intellectual Steve Fuller exploring ‚Humanity 2.0’Author Steve Fuller is a leading international voice in transhumanism debates and internationally renowned scholar with a platform beyond academiaThe first book to set out the intellectual basis for transhumanism – the ‚proactionary‘ approachArgues that political debate will move beyond ‚left‘ and ‚right‘ to a new battleground informed by ‚proactionary‘ vs ‚precautionary‘ principles

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Beschreibung

The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions.

Autorenporträt

Author Steve Fuller: Steve Fuller is Augustus Comte Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK.He is author of eighteen books including Humanity 2.0: What It Means to be Human Past, Present and Future, Dissent over Descent: Intelligent Design's Challenge to Darwinism, Kuhn vs Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science, The Intellectualand Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

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