Engineering Perfection

Author : Elyse Purcell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793624123

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Engineering Perfection by Elyse Purcell Pdf

What do we owe our future children? How do advances in biomedical science bear on these obligations? How do capitalist incentives distort their execution? Advances in biotechnologies for human enhancement and designer babies appear to offer us new hope to control the fragility of human living. Some philosophers have argued that we have a moral imperative to use them, especially to eliminate disabilities. Elyse Purcell offers an opposing view, one guided by existential insights and Marxist reflections. Engineering Perfection: Solidarity, Disability, and Well-being explores the effect global capitalism may have on the selection of traits for our future children and how the commercialization of these technologies may lead to the elimination of bodily diversity. Although philosophers have addressed the possible widening between the haves and have-nots, this book considers the role oppression and exploitation may play in enhancing bodies for profit. As a challenge to the global economy of debility, Purcell proposes the Solidarity view, which embraces human vulnerability and embodied difference. By reflecting on facets of the human condition, the Solidarity view challenges us to reject our conception of the good life as human perfection, and instead reconceive of the good as one’s self-realization through the interdependent mutual recognition and co-belonging with others.

Author : Michael J Sandel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674043060

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The Case against Perfection by Michael J Sandel Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UFL:31262094015863

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Flight and Aircraft Engineer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN : UIUC:30112105636937

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The Cornell Civil Engineer by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN : PRNC:32101049921008

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Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers by American Society of Civil Engineers Pdf

Author : Katherine Haennicke
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640270190

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Death by Perfection by Katherine Haennicke Pdf

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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Marine engineering
ISBN : UCSD:31822009359910

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Bureau of Ships Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : R. P. T. Davenport-Hines,Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052189400X

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Dudley Docker by R. P. T. Davenport-Hines,Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines Pdf

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.

Author : Stacy Perman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781439190081

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A Grand Complication by Stacy Perman Pdf

"The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever"--

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Telephone
ISBN : MINN:31951D02944793F

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Proposed Report by United States. Federal Communications Commission Pdf

Author : David Gartman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415105714

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Auto Opium by David Gartman Pdf

Provides a comprehensive history of the profession and aesthetics of American automobile design. Gartman reveals how the appearance of the automobile was shaped by the social conflicts arising from America's mass production system.

Author : Rebecca Bratspies
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151405

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Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names by Rebecca Bratspies Pdf

The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie Robinson, the Hutch, the Merritt, FDR Drive, or the Henry Hudson...you might drive them regularly, without really noticing that those road names are, well, names. But, who were these people? New York City's many roads, bridges, neighborhoods and institutions bear the names of a colorful assortment of people from key periods in the city's history. Learning about the people iconic Gotham landmarks are named for is a unique window into the history of the greatest city in the world. Author Rebecca Bratspies takes readers on a place-based, intimate, historical journey on a human scale.

Author : Laurence Gonzales
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781610757331

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The Chemistry of Fire by Laurence Gonzales Pdf

"Gonzales (Flight 232), a former National Geographic feature writer, proves himself a chronicler par excellence of nature—including of the human variety—in this excellent essay collection. The psychological nuance and vivid detail throughout will dazzle readers." —Publishers Weekly starred review, July 2020 In 1989, Laurence Gonzales was a young writer with his first book of essays, The Still Point, just published by the University of Arkansas Press. Imagine his surprise, one winter day, to receive a letter from none other than Kurt Vonnegut. “The excellence of your writing and the depth of your reporting saddened me, in a way,” Vonnegut wrote, “reminding me yet again what a tiny voice facts and reason have in this era of wrap-around, mega-decibel rock-and-roll.” Several books, many articles, and a growing list of awards later, Gonzales -- known for taking us to enthralling extremes – is still writing with excellence and depth. In this latest collection, we go from the top of Mount Washington and ”the worst weather in the world,” to 12,000 feet beneath the ocean, where a Naval Intelligence Officer discovers the Titanic using the government’s own spy equipment. We experience night assaults with the 82nd Airborne Division, the dynamiting of the 100-foot snowpack on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, a trip to the International Space Station, the crash of an airliner to the bottom of the Everglades, and more. The University of Arkansas Press is proud to bring these stories to a new era, stories that, as with all of Gonzales’s work, “fairly sing with a voice all their own.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

Author : Peter Steer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781526778420

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Alfred Raworth's Electric Southern Railway by Peter Steer Pdf

The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.

Author : Peter Herriot
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781841692395

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The Employment Relationship by Peter Herriot Pdf

The Employment Relationship presents a controversial perspective on an area hitherto dominated by industrial relation experts and radical sociological theorists. Exploring some of the metaphors commonly used to describe the employment relationship, Peter Herriot argues that it is often their dark rather than their bright side which best expresses how employees really feel. Human resources sometimes feel like human discards! The main culprits in this situation, he suggests, are the top managers who fail to treat employment as a relationship and employees as individuals. He concludes that management rhetoric must be replaced by real dialogue and points to three issues where this is most crucial: employee compliance, contractual inequalities and the need for organisational change. The Employment Relationship will make essential reading for all managers and occupational psychologists. It will also be of interest to students of work psychology, human resource management or organisational behaviour.