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1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement. Athletes use drugs to increase their strength or stamina; cosmetic surgery is widely used to improve physical appearance; millions of men take drugs like Viagra to enhance sexual performance. And today researchers are exploring technologies such as cell regeneration and implantable devices that interact directly with the brain. Some condemn these developments as a new kind of cheating -- not just in sports but in life itself -- promising rewa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Theological anthropology -- Christianity.
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Theological anthropology -- Christianity. |
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Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Biotechnology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Biotechnology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Medical technology.
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Medical technology. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cole-Turner, Ronald, 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781589017801 1589017803 (DLC) 2011013094 |
| ISBN |
1589017943 (electronic book) |
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9781589017948 (electronic book) |
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9781589017801 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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1589017803 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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