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Prophets of the posthuman : American fiction, biotechnology, and the ethics of personhoodBieber Lake, Christina"Prophets of the Posthuman provides a fresh and original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement ... technologies. Christina Bieber Lake argues that works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison, George Saunders, Marilynne Robinson, Raymond Carver, James Tiptree, Jr., and Margaret Atwood must be reevaluated in light of their contributions to larger ethical questions. Drawing on a wide range of sources in philosophical and theological ethics, Lake argues that these writers share a commitment to maintaining a category of personhood more meaningful than that allowed by utilitarian ethics. Prophets of the Posthuman insists that because technology can never ask whether we should do something that we have the power to do, literature must step into that role." -- Besedilo s spletne strani založbeType of material - book ; adult, seriousPublication and manufacture - Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, cop. 2013Language - englishISBN - 978-0-268-02236-5; 0-268-02236-4COBISS.SI-ID - 165843459
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Bieber Lake, Christina
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 |
O'Connor, Flannery, 1925-1964 |
Morrison, Toni, 1931- |
Saunders, George, 1958- |
Robinson, Marilynne, 1943- |
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 |
Tiptree, James, Jr., 1915-1987 |
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-.... |
Ameriški romani |
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Bioetika |
20. stoletje |
literatura in etika |
ameriška književnost |
biotehnologija |
bioetika |
genetski inženiring |
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