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Michael J. Hyde (Ed.) - After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future - 9781602586857 - V9781602586857
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After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future

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Description for After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future Hardback. Science, rhetoric, and speaking about the post-human future Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPQ; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Biotechnological advancements during the last half-century have forced humanity to come to grips with the possibility of a post-human future. The ever-evolving opinions about how society should anticipate this biotechnological frontier demand a language that will describe our new future and discuss its ethics. After the Genome brings together expert voices from the realms of ethics, rhetoric, religion, and science to help lead complex conversations about end-of-life care, the relationship between sin and medicine, and the protection of human rights in a post-human world.

With chapters on the past and future of the science-warfare narrative, the rhetoric of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
620g
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602586857
SKU
V9781602586857
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About Michael J. Hyde (Ed.)
Michael J. Hyde is University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics in the Department of Communication and is on the faculty of the Program for Bioethics, Health and Society in the School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He is the author of The Life-Giving Gift of Acknowledgment, The Ethos of Rhetoric, and award-winning The Call of Conscience. He and ... Read more

Reviews for After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future
"Hyde and Herrick guide us in thinking critically about the terms, rhetorical dimensions, and stakes involved in the extraordinarily important investigation, innovation, and debate surrounding our biotechnological future. They gather a diverse dozen sages of biotechnological wisdom, give them an incisive framework for discussion, and invite us to listen, reflect, and travel into the future we are forming."
Russel Hirst ... Read more

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