Religion and Human Enhancement: Death, Values, and Morality (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors)

Mercer, Calvin (Editor) / Trothen, Tracy J. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3319873253 / ISBN 13: 9783319873251

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

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reprint edition. 377 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.90 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Religion and Human Enhancement: Death, Values, and Morality (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319873253
• ISBN 13: 9783319873251
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

Addresses several types of human enhancement technologies, including moral bioenhancement
Discusses the possibility of enhanced human or posthuman existence, yielding lots of creative possibilities for a book cover
Topics covered include both those worked on for several years, as well as cutting edge themes, such as moral enhancement, common ground to both transhumanism and religions, the meaning of death, desire and transcendence, and virtue ethics

About the Author

Tracy J. Trothen is Associate Professor of Religion at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She currently co-chairs the American Academy of Religion “Human Enhancement and Transhumanism” Group.

Calvin Mercer is Professor of Religious Studies, East Carolina University, USA. He is co-editor of Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors and founding chair of the American Academy of Religion “Human Enhancement and Transhumanism” Group.