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Zusatztext This is a book of remarkable clarity and balance; it illuminates important issues in bioethics with a substantial degree of care and respect for opposing perspectives in difficult, ongoing debates about the body, identity, disability and technology. Erik Parens' determined vision of a middle-ground in these debates challenges the 'knockers' and the 'boosters' to abandon their respective megaphones and discover more of what they might have in common. This is an essential book especially for those starting out in bioethics; would that there were more books that gave students a balanced perspective on 'hot' issues from the start. Informationen zum Autor Erik Parens is a senior research scholar at The Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute in Garrison, NY. He is also an adjunct professor in the program in Science, Technology, and Society at Vassar College, and a Fellow of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext The bioethical debates between critics and enthusiasts about using technologies to shape our selves are sometimes acrimonious. Candidly drawing on his participation in these debates, Erik Parens offers a habit of thinking about the questions at their center, which benefits from, rather than denies, the insights on both sides. Zusammenfassung The bioethical debates between critics and enthusiasts about using technologies to shape our selves are sometimes acrimonious. Candidly drawing on his participation in these debates, Erik Parens offers a habit of thinking about the questions at their center, which benefits from, rather than denies, the insights on both sides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Seeing from Somewhere in Particular Chapter 2: Embracing Binocularity Chapter 3: Creativity and Gratitude Chapter 4: Technology as Value-Free and as Value-Laden Chapter 5: Nobody's against True Enhancement Chapter 6: Comprehending Persons as Subjects and as Objects Chapter 7: Respecting Persons as Subjects and as Objects Closing Thoughts ...
