Collection
Publication
Encounter Books (2008), Edition: 1st Hardcover Ed, 181 pages
Description
We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and improvements: we are healthier, wealthier, and more comfortable than ever before. But our gratitude for the benefits of progress increasingly mixes with concern about the meaning and consequences of our newfound powers. If we can dream about a new age of genetic medicine, we can also shudder at a new age of weapons of mass destruction. As we welcome longer lives, we wonder if we will still valu
Awards
Templeton Enterprise Award (First Place — 2009)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
181 p.; 6 x 1 inches
ISBN
1594032084 / 9781594032080