Posthuman Personhood

Wennemann argues that the traditional concept of personhood may be fruitfully applied to the ethical challenge we facein a posthuman age. The book posits that biologically non-human persons like robots, computers, or aliens are a theoretical possibility but that we do not know if they are a real possibility.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Posthuman Age
Chapter 2: More Human Than Human
Chapter 3: Distinguishing Distinctions
Chapter 4: The PosthumanB Age and PragmaCentrism
Chapter 5: PosthumanB Impure Ethics
Chapter 6: The AnthropoMcene Age
Chapter 7: The PostHumanB Predicament
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Daryl J. Wennemann received his BA and MA in philosophy from St. Louis University and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Marquette University. He is currently an associate professor of philosophy at Fontbonne University. He is the co-author of Applied Professional Ethics: A Developmental Approach for Use with Case Studies with Greg Beabout and has published a number of scholarly articles.

Summary

Wennemann argues that the traditional concept of personhood may be fruitfully applied to the ethical challenge we face in a posthuman age. The book posits that biologically non-human persons like robots, computers, or aliens are a theoretical possibility but that we do not know if they are a real possibility.

Product details

• Authors: Daryl J Wennemann, Daryl J. Wennemann, Wennemann Daryl J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9780761861034
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6103-4
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Social forecasting, future studies, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Artificial intelligence;Ethics;Jurgen Habermas;Robotics