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Religion and Transhumanism: The Unknown Future of Human Enhancement

By Calvin Mercer , Tracy J. Trothen

Book information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2014
ISBN
1440833257, 9781440833250
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4294515 bytes)
Pages
452\473
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-10-04 21:37:27
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Description

Should technology be used to improve human faculties such as cognition and longevity? This thought-provoking dialogue between "transhumanism" and religion examines enhancement technologies that could radically alter the human species.• Introduces some of the hardest and most pressing issues that will determine the future of the human race• Examines current scholarly questions and thoughts about transhumanism• Asks new questions relative to the intersection of human enhancement and religion• Explores what it means to be human in a technologically changing world

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