The book presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. It raises the issue: without human exceptionalism, where do ethics come from?
The book presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. It raises the issue: without human exceptionalism, where do ethics come from?Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ron Edwards is an author and most recently served as an Assistant Professor, DePaul University
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PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW Chapter 1: The Paw Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows Chapter 3: Don't Meddle Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION Chapter 4: The House of Pain No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab In the book / How / But why PART THREE: POOR BEASTS Chapter 6: All the Difference Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE Chapter 8: That is the Law Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel Chapter 9: Beast Monsters The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror Chapter 10: Big Thinks Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity
PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW Chapter 1: The Paw Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows Chapter 3: Don't Meddle Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION Chapter 4: The House of Pain No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab In the book / How / But why PART THREE: POOR BEASTS Chapter 6: All the Difference Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE Chapter 8: That is the Law Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel Chapter 9: Beast Monsters The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror Chapter 10: Big Thinks Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity
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