Ebook: Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: the Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: What Is to Come?; 1 Visions of Heaven and Hell; 2 Thinking about the Unthinkable; PART TWO: The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering; 3 Physical Harm to Children; 4 Psychosocial Harm to Children; 5 Broader Consequences for Society; 6 The End of the Human Lineage; 7 Evolution by Nature or by Human Design?; PART THREE: Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering; 8 Protecting the Children; 9 Preserving Societal Cohesion; 10 Providing for Our Descendents; 11 Safeguarding the Human Species; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.