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Designer Evolution

A Transhumanist Manifesto
  • ISBN-13: 9781591022909
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: PROMETHEUS
  • By Simon Young
  • Price: AUD $60.99
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  • Local release date: 01/03/2006
  • Format: Hardback 417 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Political science & theory [JPA]
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The debate about the ethics of human biotechnology or genetic engineering is one of the most important cultural issues of our time. 'Transhumanism' is the philosophy that most of all supports genetic science and biotechnology, yet the public knows little about this emerging philosophy. Transhumanism declares unequivocal support for the attempt to eliminate disease, defeat death, and enhance the body and mind beyond the limitations of the age-old human condition. In "Designer Evolution", Simon Young presents a polemical espousal of transhumanist philosophy and a trenchant attack on its critics, the 'Bio-Luddites'. The author calls for a rejection of premodern superstition and post-modern nihilism in favour of a renewed belief in human progress through scientific rationality. In an age when cynicism, fatalism, and nihilism are rife, "Designer Evolution" will rekindle a feeling of optimism about the future of our species. This is a concise, reader-friendly introduction to a vitally important philosophy that will become difficult to ignore as advances in biotechnology increasingly claim the headlines in the coming decades.
Simon Young (Brighton, East Sussex, UK), the son of pioneering cybernetician and science writer J. F. Young, is an accomplished pianist who has performed throughout Europe. For more on Designer Evolution visit Simon Young's Web site at: www.designerevolution.net
""Young rejects premodern superstition and postmodern nihilism, calling for a renewed belief in human progress through scientific rationality.... Written in a breezy, populist, quotable style, this reader-friendly introduction to a vitally important philosophy will be difficult to ignore as advances in biotechnology increasingly claim the headlines in the years ahead. It is vital reading for all who care about our place and purpose in the world at a time of rapid change at the dawn of the twenty-first century." - Innovation Watch
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