L Allen Furr

A Test of Morals

Surgical, Ethical, and Psychosocial Considerations in Human Head Transplantation

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Produktbeschreibung

A Test of Morals compiles and examines the ethical questions that dog those who advocate for conducting this most radical of medical proposals in order to determine if society should move forward and allow head transplantation to occur.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781032433660
• ISBN-10: 1032433663
• Artikelnr.: 70114956

Autorenporträt

L. Allen Furr is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Auburn University. He received his PhD from the Louisiana State University. His primary research area is the sociology of health and medicine, and his work has appeared in medical and nursing journals as well as in scholarly publications in sociology. In 2005, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Punjabi University in India where he often returns to lecture and conduct research.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. An Introduction to Transplanting
Human Heads. What Might Happen?: The Benefits and Risks of Body-Head
Transplantation. The Moral Challenges of the Body-Head Transplantation.
Reaching Conclusions: Final Thoughts on Embodiment and Body-Head
Transplantation. Index.