Disembodied Brains
Understanding our Intuitions on Human-Animal Neuro-Chimeras and Human Brain Organoids
(Sprache: Englisch)
Until recently, brains in vats and animals with partly-human brains have been the realm of science fiction, but recent research is making them real. In Disembodied Brains, John H. Evans examines the viewpoints of professional ethicists and scientists on the...
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Until recently, brains in vats and animals with partly-human brains have been the realm of science fiction, but recent research is making them real. In Disembodied Brains, John H. Evans examines the viewpoints of professional ethicists and scientists on the implications of these new technologies, and how those viewpoints contrast with the fearful intuitions of the general public.
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: The Science and Public Ethics of Neuro-Chimeric Animals and Human Brain Organoids
- CHAPTER 2: What We Know about the Public's Views of Humans
- CHAPTER 3: The Public's View of Human Brain Organoids and Neuro-Chimeric Animals
- CHAPTER 4: Consciousness, the Human-Animal Foundational Distinction and Ephemeral Connections to Humans
- CHAPTER 5: Views of Nature, Religion and the Cultural Authority of Science
- CHAPTER 6: What is to be Done?
- METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX
- ENDNOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX
Autoren-Porträt von John H. Evans
John H. Evans is Tata Chancellor's Chair in Social Sciences, Associate Dean of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of California, San Diego. He specializes in examining debates involving religion and science in the public sphere, as well as using social science to contribute to humanistic and ethical debates. He is the author of six books and over 60 articles examining science, bioethics, and religion. His most recent book is The Human Gene Editing Debate (2020, Oxford University Press).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John H. Evans
- 2024, 240 Seiten, Maße: 14,8 x 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0197750702
- ISBN-13: 9780197750704
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.04.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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