{"product_id":"transhumanist-dreams-and-dystopian-nightmares-the-promise-and-peril-of-genetic-engineering-hardcover","title":"Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxwell J. Mehlman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat will happen when technology allows us to direct our own evolution?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranshumanists advocate for the development and distribution of technologies that will enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, even eliminate aging. What if the dystopian futures and transhumanist utopias found in the pages of science journals, Margaret Atwood novels, films like \u003ci\u003eGattaca\u003c\/i\u003e, and television shows like \u003ci\u003eDark Angel\u003c\/i\u003e are realized? What kind of world would humans have created? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxwell J. Mehlman considers the promises and perils of using genetic engineering in an effort to direct the future course of human evolution. He addresses scientific and ethical issues without choosing sides in the dispute between transhumanists and their challengers. However, \u003ci\u003eTranshumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that radical forms of genetic engineering could become a reality much sooner than many people think, and that we need to encourage risk-management efforts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether scientists are dubious or optimistic about the prospects for directed evolution, they tend to agree on two things. First, however long it takes to perfect the necessary technology, it is inevitable that humans will attempt to control their evolutionary future, and second, in the process of learning how to direct evolution, we are bound to make mistakes. Our responsibility is to learn how to balance innovation with caution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxwell J. Mehlman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of bioethics, the Petersilge Professor of Law, and director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Perfection: Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.09 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169723388039,"sku":"9781421406695","price":78.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/20b9ff2b98a5d6603e1ba03e58a14c8c.webp?v=1733343258","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/transhumanist-dreams-and-dystopian-nightmares-the-promise-and-peril-of-genetic-engineering-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}