This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
This collection of original articles, a sequel of sorts to the 2009 Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave Macmillan), is the first sustained reflection, by scholars with expertise in the faith traditions, on how the transhumanist agenda might impact the body.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors
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Autorenporträt
James J. Hughes, Trinity College, USA Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford, UK Livia Kohn, Boston University, USA Hamid Mavani, Claremont Graduate University, USA Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University, USA Rabbi Elliot Dorff, American University of Judaism, USA Adam Miller, Collin College, USA James F. Keenan, Boston College, USA Ron Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword; James J. Hughes Introduction; Calvin Mercer and Derek Maher 1. The Transhumanist FAQ; Nick Bostrom 2. Buddhism; Derek Maher 3. Daoism; Livia Kohn 4. Hinduism 5. Islam; Hamid Mavani 6. Jainism; Christopher Chapple 7. Judaism; Rabbi Elliot Dorff 8. Mormonism; Adam Miller 9. Protestant Christianity; Calvin Mercer 10. Roman Catholic Christianity; James F. Keenan 11. Concluding Reflections; Ron Cole-Turner
Foreword; James J. Hughes Introduction; Calvin Mercer and Derek Maher 1. The Transhumanist FAQ; Nick Bostrom 2. Buddhism; Derek Maher 3. Daoism; Livia Kohn 4. Hinduism 5. Islam; Hamid Mavani 6. Jainism; Christopher Chapple 7. Judaism; Rabbi Elliot Dorff 8. Mormonism; Adam Miller 9. Protestant Christianity; Calvin Mercer 10. Roman Catholic Christianity; James F. Keenan 11. Concluding Reflections; Ron Cole-Turner
Rezensionen
"It's time for religious folks to take a look at their bodies. Just how valuable is our body? It's time to ask this, because transhumanists are proposing a more highly evolved bodiless existence. Mercer and Maher ask us: do we really want to go there?" - Ted Peters, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, USA
"Technological progress entails manipulating nature for our own ends, so is easily seen by people of faith as challenging the wisdom of the Creator. But were we not created with the ability and desire to engage in technology? Was it a sin to develop fire, or medicine? These essays will forcefully reassure readers that further technological progress, even if sometimes burdened with the unnecessarily scary label 'transhumanism,' will also be God's work." - Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer, SENS Research Foundation, UK
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