In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology

by Eric Cohen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594032084
• ISBN13: 9781594032080
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"