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010 $a 2004022971
020 $a0813341981 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm56632213
035 $a(NNC)4994338
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aRA418.5.M4$bH84 2004
082 00 $a610$222
100 1 $aHughes, James$q(James H.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004017364
245 10 $aCitizen Cyborg :$bwhy democratic societies must respond to the redesigned human of the future /$cJames Hughes.
260 $a[Boulder, Colo.] :$bWestview Press,$c2004.
300 $axx, 294 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tBetter living through science and democracy -- $g2.$tControlling the body -- $g3.$tLiving longer -- $g4.$tGetting smarter -- $g5.$tBeing happier -- $g6.$tFrom future shock to biopolitics -- $g7.$tCyborg citizenship -- $g8.$tDefenders of natural law -- $g9.$tLeft-wing bioluddites -- $g10.$tUpwingers, extropians and transhumanists -- $g11.$tDemocratic transhumanism -- $g12.$tTranshuman democracy -- $g13.$tDefending the future -- $g14.$tA sexy, high-tech vision for a radically democratic future.
520 1 $a"A loose coalition of groups - including religious conservatives, disability rights advocates, and environmental activists - has emerged to oppose the use of genetics to enhance human beings. And with the appointment of conservative philosopher Leon Kass (an opponent of invitro fertilization, stem cell research, and life extension) to head the President's Council on Bioethics, and with the recent high-profile writings by authors like Francis Fukuyama and Bill McKibben, this stance has become more visible - and more infamous - than ever before." "In the opposite corner, a loose transhumanist coalition is mobilizing in defense of human enhancement, embracing the ideological diversity of their intellectual forebears in the democratic and humanist movements. Transhumanists argue that human beings should be guaranteed freedom to control their own bodies and brains, and to use technology to transcend human limitations." "Identifying the groups, thinkers, and arguments in each corner of this debate, bioethicist and futurist James Hughes argues for a third way, which he calls democratic transhumanism. This approach argues that we will achieve the best possible posthuman future when we ensure tech nologies are safe, make them available to everyone, and respect the right of individuals to control their own bodies." "Hughes offers fresh and controversial answers for many other pressing biopolitical issues including cloning, genetic patents, human genetic engineering, sex selection, drugs, and assisted suicide - and concludes with a concrete political agenda for protechnology progressives, including expanding and deepening human rights, reforming genetic patent laws, and providing everyone with healthcare and a basic guaranteed income."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMedical innovations$xSocial aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082947
650 0 $aBiotechnology$xSocial aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007102019
650 0 $aNanotechnology$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aCybernetics$xSocial aspects.
650 12 $aBiotechnology.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001709
650 12 $aNanotechnology.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D036103
650 12 $aCybernetics.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003491
852 00 $boff,hsl$hRA418.5.M4$iH84 2004
852 00 $bleh$hRA418.5.M4$iH84 2004