TY - BOOK ID - 33059949 TI - What does it mean to be human? life, death, personhood and the transhumanist movement PY - 2018 SN - 3319949497 3319949500 9783319949505 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Cryonics. KW - Medical ethics. KW - Human beings. KW - Homo sapiens KW - Human race KW - Humanity (Human beings) KW - Humankind KW - Humans KW - Man KW - Mankind KW - People KW - Hominids KW - Persons KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Cryogenic interment KW - Freezing of human bodies KW - Human cold storage KW - Burial KW - Cryopreservation of organs, tissues, etc. KW - Immortalism KW - Resuscitation KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Ethics. KW - Computer science. KW - Philosophy. KW - Medicine-Philosophy. KW - Moral Philosophy. KW - Computers and Society. KW - Philosophy of Technology. KW - Philosophy of Medicine. KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Computers and civilization. KW - Medicine—Philosophy. KW - Civilization and computers KW - Civilization KW - bio-ethics KW - medical research KW - philosophy of science KW - tudományfilozófia KW - zinātnes filozofija KW - filozofia nauki KW - φιλοσοφία της επιστήμης KW - filosofia della scienza KW - mokslo filosofija KW - filozofia științelor KW - filozofia vedy KW - videnskabsfilosofi KW - teadusfilosoofia KW - Philosophie der Wissenschaft KW - filozofie vědy KW - filozofi e shkencës KW - philosophie des sciences KW - wetenschapsfilosofie KW - филозофија науке KW - fealsúnacht na heolaíochta KW - filosofía de la ciencia KW - filosofia da ciência KW - filozofija znanosti KW - vetenskapsteori KW - философия на науката KW - tieteen filosofia KW - filosofija tax-xjenza KW - филозофија на науката KW - histoire des sciences KW - science philosophy KW - историја на науката KW - povijest znanosti KW - filosofia cientifica KW - historia de la ciencia KW - zinātnes vēsture KW - история на науката KW - istoria științelor KW - história vedy KW - Wissenschaftsgeschichte KW - vetenskapshistoria KW - filosofia das ciências KW - history of science KW - tiedefilosofia KW - storja tax-xjenza KW - histori e shkencës KW - história da ciência KW - dejiny vedy KW - storia della scienza KW - tieteen historia KW - wetenschapsgeschiedenis KW - história das ciências KW - ιστορία της επιστήμης KW - dějiny vědy KW - zgodovina znanosti KW - historia nauki KW - teadusajalugu KW - videnskabshistorie KW - vetenskapsfilosofi KW - vedecká filozofia KW - medicinsk forskning KW - taighde leighis KW - medicinsko istraživanje KW - orvosi kutatás KW - kërkim mjekësor KW - medizinische Forschung KW - recherche médicale KW - badania w medycynie KW - medicīnas pētniecība KW - медицинско изследване KW - lääketieteellinen tutkimus KW - medicinos mokslo tiriamieji darbai KW - arstiteaduslik uurimus KW - lekársky výskum KW - medicinske raziskave KW - medische research KW - investigación médica KW - investigação médica KW - ricerca medica KW - riċerka medika KW - истражување во медицината KW - ιατρική έρευνα KW - медицинско истраживање KW - lékařský výzkum KW - cercetare medicală KW - biomedicinsko istraživanje KW - лабораториски истражувања KW - βιοηθική KW - bijoetika KW - bioética KW - bioetica KW - bioētika KW - bioeetika KW - биоетика KW - bioetyka KW - bioetiikka KW - bio-ethiek KW - bioéthique KW - bioetică KW - bioetik KW - bitheitic KW - Bioethik KW - bioetika KW - lääkärin etiikka KW - κώδικας ιατρικής ηθικής KW - etică medicală KW - etica medica KW - медицинска етика KW - ética médica KW - medical ethics KW - bioëthiek KW - arstieetika KW - medizinische Ethik KW - medicīniskā ētika KW - orvosi etika KW - éthique médicale KW - medicinos etika KW - etikë mjekësore KW - medicinska etika KW - medische ethiek KW - meditsiinieetika KW - medicinsk etik UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33059949 AB - This book is a critical examination of the philosophical and moral issues in relation to human enhancement and the various related medical developments that are now rapidly moving from the laboratory into the clinical realm. In the book, the author critically examines technologies such as genetic engineering, neural implants, pharmacologic enhancement, and cryonic suspension from transhumanist and bioconservative positions, focusing primarily on moral issues and what it means to be a human in a setting where technological interventions sometimes impact strongly on our humanity. The author also introduces the notion that death is a process rather than an event, as well as identifies philosophical and clinical limitations in the contemporary determination of brain death as a precursor to organ procurement for transplantation. The discussion on what exactly it means to be dead is later applied to explore philosophical and clinical issues germane to the cryonics movement. Written by a physician/ scientist and heavily referenced to the peer-reviewed medical and scientific literature, the book is aimed at advanced students and academics but should be readable by any intelligent reader willing to carry out some side-reading. No prior knowledge of moral philosophy is assumed, as the various key approaches to moral philosophy are outlined early in the book. ER -