Our posthuman future : consequences of the biotechnology revolution / Francis Fukuyama.
Our posthuman future : consequences of the biotechnology revolution / Francis Fukuyama.
Our posthuman future : consequences of the biotechnology revolution / Francis Fukuyama.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N660.60712/1
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English
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256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Pathways to the Future -- 1. A Tale of Two Dystopias -- 2. Sciences of the Brain -- 3. Neuropharmacology and the Control of Behavior -- 4. The Prolongation of Life -- 5. Genetic Engineering -- 6. Why We Should Worry -- Pt. II. Being Human -- 7. Human Rights -- 8. Human Nature -- 9. Human Dign...
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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"In 1989, Francis Fukuyama made his now-famous pronouncement that because the major alternatives to liberal democracy had exhausted themselves, history as we knew it had reached its end. Ten years later, he revised his argument: we hadn't reached the end of history, he wrote, because we hadn't yet reached the end of science. Arguing that the greate...
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Our posthuman future : consequences of the biotechnology revolution / Francis Fukuyama.
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Consequences of the biotechnology revolution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256).
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N660.60712/1
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ISBN
0374236437
9780374236434
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174.25
660.6
303.483
660.60712
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991014927679702626
