Stephen Goundrey-Smith

Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution

Agents of Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author proposes an ethical framework for assessing novel biomedical technologies according to the effects on personal autonomy, embodiment and bodily life, and on the imago Dei.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781032244006
• ISBN-10: 1032244003
• Artikelnr.: 66689564

Autorenporträt

Stephen Goundrey-Smith is an applied theologian and ordained minister in the Church of England who has also worked as a pharmacist. He received a PhD in Theology from the University of Exeter, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Therapy Plus: An Ultimate Cure 1. Biomedical Science and
Medical Ethics: Past and Future 2. Transhumanism: Losing Our Humanity? 3.
New World, New People: The Contraceptive Pill 4. Better than Well: Prozac
and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) Antidepressants 5.
Towards A New Therapeutic Ethic: Re-Evaluation of Transhumanism 6. Braver
New World - Reimagining Transhumanism. Glossary Annotated Bibliography
Index