Titlebook: Engineering the Human; Human Enhancement Be Bert Jaap Koops,Christoph H. Lüthy,Monika S. Schmi Book 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

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Towards Homo Manufactus? An Introduction to this Volume,sed in discussions on a range of subjects, among which are technology, science and sports. As the number of different ways of adjusting the human body keeps growing, the idea of ‘transhumans’ is taking hold in today’s society. Although scientists generally consider it unlikely that ‘transhumans’ wil

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Human Enhancement in Futures Explorations,re. This chapter sets out to what extent it is also encountered in more ‘serious’ and scientific explorations of futures. There are different approaches to the exploration of futures: long-term explorations, essayistic reflections and diagnoses of our time. These investigations originate in the desi

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Genetic Enhancement of Human Beings: Reality or Fiction?,me human characteristics, such as the colour of the eyes or the hair, are indeed determined by genes, environmental factors also play a large role in the development of most of them, for example height. It remains largely unknown what precisely determines who we are or who we become. Where hereditar

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Human Robots and Robotic Humans,ilities. This chapter argues that the two will, in the near future, increasingly partake of the nature of the other as a result of technological enhancement. A number of recent developments within the field of robotics are already causing the traditional boundaries between humans and machines to fad

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Human Enhancement, Evolution and Lifespan: Evolving Towards Immortality?, quality of a biological system, but an evolved trait. A key factor in the evolution of lifespan is the extent to which individuals of a population are subjected to mortality factors that are largely beyond their control, such as the likelihood to die from disease, predators or starvation. A well-su

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Opting for Prevention: Human Enhancement and Genetic Testing,rmines opportunity. Parents select the best sets of genes for their children to make sure they will be as successful, smart and healthy as possible. To what extent is such a scenario credible? Can the concept of genetic prevention be used to control, and if necessary adjust, life, preventing a varie

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A Unique Copy: The Life and Identity of Clones in Literary Fiction, are they overly influenced by fictional horror stories? In order to investigate whether clones necessarily lead instrumental lives, have a ‘closed future’, or lack an identity because they are ‘someone else’, this chapter discusses fictional accounts of clones. Literary fiction provides a rich pict