In the shadow of progress : being human in the age of technology / Eric Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Eric, 1977-

Series:

New Atlantis books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technology.

Progress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st hardcover ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and improvements: we are healthier, wealthier, and more comfortable than ever before. But our gratitude for the benefits of progress increasingly mixes with concern about the meaning and consequences of our newfound powers. If we can dream about a new age of genetic medicine, we can also shudder at a new age of weapons of mass destruction. As we welcome longer lives, we wonder if we will still valu

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part One Science and the Human Prospect; The Spirit of Modern Science; The Human Difference; Part Two The Ethics of Progress; Bioethics in Wartime; The Embryo Question; Our Genetic Condition; The Commerce of the Body; A Jewish-Catholic Bioethics?; From Generation to Generation; Why Have Children?; In Whose Image Shall We Die?; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48775-2

9786612487750

1-59403-288-2

OCLC:

609853998