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  | | Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life(1st Edition) Taking Public Fears Seriously by Michael Hauskeller Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-26544-8, ISBN: 1-138-26544-6 "There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with animals and plants, their utility, or impairing their a ..." |
 | | The Meaning of Life and Death Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question by Michael Hauskeller, University Of Liverpool Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-07364-7, ISBN: 1-350-07364-4 "What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this life, why should we bother trying to achieve anything in the first place? Can we be mortal and still live a meaningful life? Questions such as these have been asked for a long time, but nobody has found a conclusive answer yet. The connection between death and meaning, however, has taken centre stage in the philosophical ..." |
 | | The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television(1st Edition) by Michael Hauskeller, Thomas D. Philbeck, Curtis D. Carbonell Hardcover, 430 Pages, Published 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-43031-1, ISBN: 1-137-43031-1 "In an age characterised by an increasing integration of advanced technology into our everyday lives, posthumanism has developed into a major intellectual force. It affects research agendas, economic developments, social policies, philosophical theories, and ultimately the way we understand ourselves. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of posthumanism and how they are represented, discussed and exempli ..." |
 | | The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television(1st Edition) by Michael Hauskeller Paperback, Published 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-57701-9, ISBN: 1-349-57701-4 "What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and portray the philosophical roots, the social ramifications and the future visions of a posthumanist world." |
 | | The Meaning of Life and Death Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question by Michael Hauskeller Hardcover, 254 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-07363-0, ISBN: 1-350-07363-6 "What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this life, why should we bother trying to achieve anything in the first place? Can we be mortal and still live a meaningful life? Questions such as these have been asked for a long time, but nobody has found a conclusive answer yet. The connection between death and meaning, however, has taken centre stage in the philosophical ..." |
 | | Better Humans?(1st Edition) Understanding the Enhancement Project by Michael Hauskeller Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-84465-557-1, ISBN: 1-84465-557-1 "Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly ..." |
 | | Jonathan Swift and Philosophy by Janelle Pötzsch, Michael Hauskeller, Chris A. Kramer, Will Desmond, Steve Van Hagen, William Goodwin, Kurt Edward Milberger, Nicolas Michaud, Jesús Valera-Zapata, Greg Littmann, Pritika Nehra, John Price, Dutton B. Kearney, Dutton B. Kearny, Lawrence Sullivan Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2153-6, ISBN: 1-4985-2153-3 "Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift s criticism of the politics, philosophy, and science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight preconceptions about Swift as ignorant about t ..." |
 | | Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life(Updated) Taking Public Fears Seriously (Ashgate Studies in Applied Ethics) by Michael Hauskeller Hardcover, 174 Pages, Published 2007 by Ashgate ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-6044-6, ISBN: 0-7546-6044-3 "There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings by means of genetic engineering in order to enhance their health, or, more likely with animals and plants, their utility, or impairing their a ..." |
 | | The Things That Really Matter Philosophical Conversations on the Cornerstones of Life by Michael Hauskeller Hardcover, Published 2022 by Ucl Press ISBN-13: 978-1-80008-219-9, ISBN: 1-80008-219-3 |
 | | Sex and the Posthuman Condition by Michael Hauskeller Hardcover, 98 Pages, Published 2014 by Palgrave Pivot ISBN-13: 978-1-137-39349-4, ISBN: 1-137-39349-1 "Sex and the Posthuman Condition looks at the way sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and descriptions of the resulting posthuman future and how those representations are informed by mythological and other historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life that we are allegedly going to enjoy, due to greater control of our emotions, a vastly improved capacity for experiencing pleasure, and, most importantly, th ..." |
 | | Death and Meaning Volume 90 (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements) by Michael Hauskeller Paperback, Published 2022 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, Cambridge ISBN-13: 978-1-00-918786-2, ISBN: 1-00-918786-4 |
 | | Better Humans?(1st Edition) Understanding the Enhancement Project by Michael Hauskeller Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-84465-556-4, ISBN: 1-84465-556-3 "Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly ..." |
 | | Better Humans? Understanding the Enhancement Project by Michael Hauskeller 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-54717-4, ISBN: 1-317-54717-9 "Nature Biotechnology 23(4):445–51. Wells, H. G., J. Huxley & G. P. Wells 1934. The Science ofLife. New York: Liter- ary Guild. Wikler, D. 2009. “Paternalism in the Age of Cognitive Enhancement”. See Savulescu & Bostrom (2009), 341–55. Williams, B. 1973. “The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immor- tality”. In his Problems of the Self, 82–100, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Yeoman, A. 1998. Now or Neverland: Pet ..." |
 | | Ashgate Studies in Applied Ethics Ser. Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life Taking Public Fears Seriously by Michael Hauskeller Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-8666-8, ISBN: 0-7546-8666-3 |
 | | The Meaning of Life and Death Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question by Michael Hauskeller 256 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-350-07366-1, ISBN: 1-350-07366-0 "... I was writing this book I was doing something that mattered, something meaningful: Drew Chastain, Lewis Coyne, Nikos Gkogkas, Simon Hailwood, Peter Herrisone-Kelly, Daniel Hill, Kyle McNease, Jelson Oliveira and Yiota Vassilopoulou." |
 | | Biotechnology and the Integrity of Life Taking Public Fears Seriously by Michael Hauskeller 174 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-17410-3, ISBN: 1-317-17410-0 "However, the Vice-Director of the Swiss Federal Ministry of Justice, Lucius Mader , answered the charge of those critics4 by pointing out that the divergence of the French text had been due to purely linguistic considerations, which is to say that the expression 'dignité de la creature' just does not sound right in French, presumably because it somehow prescribes that the term 'dignité' be used exclusively in respect to human beings ..." |
 | | The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television by Michael Hauskeller, Curtis D. Carbonell, Thomas D. Philbeck 450 Pages, Published 2016 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-43032-8, ISBN: 1-137-43032-X "Their successful incorporation of technological enhancements and modifications therefore points more directly towards the transhumanist perspective, which allows for new hybrid organictechnological identities to emerge without the ... in this series was instrumental in establishing the studio's ongoing Cinematic Universe, establishing not only the general tone and visual style of Marvel's many subsequent superhero films, but also c ..." |
 | | Jonathan Swift and Philosophy by Janelle Pötzsch, Michael Hauskeller, Chris A. Kramer, Will Desmond, Steve Van Hagen, William Goodwin, Kurt Edward Milberger, Dutton B. Kearney, Nicolas Michaud, Jes Valera-Zapata, Greg Littmann Digital, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2154-3, ISBN: 1-4985-2154-1 "Jonathan Swift, “The Battel of the Books,” in The Writings of Jonathan Swift, ed. Robert A. Greenberg and William B. Piper (New York: Norton, 1973), 386. 6. Irvin Ehrenpreis, “Swift and Satire,” College English 13 (1952): 311. Quoted in Hermann Josef Real, Jonathan Swift, The Battle of the Books (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1978), XLV. 7. Swift, “Battel,” 381. Emphasis in the text. 8. Swift, “Battel,” 382. Emphasis in the text. 9. Ovid, “M ..." |
 | | Sex and the Posthuman Condition(1st Edition) by Michael Hauskeller Paperback, 98 Pages, Published 2014 by Palgrave Pivot ISBN-13: 978-1-349-48358-7, ISBN: 1-349-48358-3 "This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots." |
 | | Better Humans? Understanding the Enhancement Project by Michael Hauskeller 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-54716-7, ISBN: 1-317-54716-0 "Or we know we should be angry about an insult, but somehow cannot summon enough energy to actually be. In view of this discrepancy, Matthew Liao and Rebecca Roache have argued that being: able to regulate or induce certain feelings in appropriate circumstances can help us in several ways. We might feel better just by being able to experience emotions that should come naturally. It can be frustrating not to be able to experience joy ..." |
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