Engineering Perfection
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Engineering Perfection
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Author : Elyse Purcell
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-19
Engineering Perfection written by Elyse Purcell and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with Philosophy categories.
Advances in biotechnologies for human enhancement and designer babies appear to offer us new hope in medicine, but capitalism may incentivize the selection of traits for profit. Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-being offers an opposing Marxist view, one that embraces human vulnerability and embodied difference.
The Case Against Perfection
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Author : Michael J Sandel
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
The Case Against Perfection written by Michael J Sandel and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Philosophy categories.
Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature—to enhance our genetic traits and those of our children. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why. What is wrong with re-engineering our nature? The Case against Perfection explores these and other moral quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our children. Michael Sandel argues that the pursuit of perfection is flawed for reasons that go beyond safety and fairness. The drive to enhance human nature through genetic technologies is objectionable because it represents a bid for mastery and dominion that fails to appreciate the gifted character of human powers and achievements. Carrying us beyond familiar terms of political discourse, this book contends that the genetic revolution will change the way philosophers discuss ethics and will force spiritual questions back onto the political agenda. In order to grapple with the ethics of enhancement, we need to confront questions largely lost from view in the modern world. Since these questions verge on theology, modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from them. But our new powers of biotechnology make these questions unavoidable. Addressing them is the task of this book, by one of America’s preeminent moral and political thinkers.
The Cornell Civil Engineer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Cornell Civil Engineer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Civil engineering categories.
Proceedings Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers
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Author : American Society of Civil Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Proceedings Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Civil engineering categories.
Death By Perfection
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Author : Katherine Haennicke
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2020-11-06
Death By Perfection written by Katherine Haennicke and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-06 with Fiction categories.
Who wouldn't kill to be perfect? Two murder scenes, one night. A high school shudders in fear. Another murder is discovered. A town quakes at the thought of one, let alone multiple killers in their community. Detective Jack Maguire has a monumental task in front of him. He has to solve the murders, but are they even connected? He searches into the background of the victims and uncovers hidden schemes. The victims' lives were not as perfect as they seemed. What hold does t
Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days
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Author : Stephen Manes
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1982
Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days written by Stephen Manes and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Behavior categories.
In search of perfection, Milo Crinkley earnestly tries to follow the loony instructions he finds in a library books--and learns that there are more important things in life than being perfect. "Manes' style (is) reminiscent of Daniel Pinkwater's topped with a dash of Kurt Vonnegut . . . awfully funny".--Booklist.
The Perfectionists
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Author : Simon Winchester
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-05-08
The Perfectionists written by Simon Winchester and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with History categories.
“Another gem from one of the world’s justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people.” — Booklist (starred review) The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further breakthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider. Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. It was Thomas Jefferson who later exported their discoveries to the fledgling United States, setting the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia. As he introduces the minds and methods that have changed the modern world, Winchester explores fundamental questions. Why is precision important? What are the different tools we use to measure it? Who has invented and perfected it? Has the pursuit of the ultra-precise in so many facets of human life blinded us to other things of equal value, such as an appreciation for the age-old traditions of craftsmanship, art, and high culture? Are we missing something that reflects the world as it is, rather than the world as we think we would wish it to be? And can the precise and the natural co-exist in society?
Bureau Of Ships Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Bureau Of Ships Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Marine engineering categories.
Dudley Docker
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Author : R. P. T. Davenport-Hines
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-22
Dudley Docker written by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-22 with Business & Economics categories.
This is an exploration of the life of Dudley Docker (1862-1944), one of the most powerful businessmen of his era. It sketches the life and times of Docker, describes the deals he fixed and recounts the rise and fall of the companies he directed.
A Grand Complication
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Author : Stacy Perman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-02-19
A Grand Complication written by Stacy Perman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-19 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever"--