Download or read book Neo Life written by Jane Metcalfe and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a lot of smart scientists working on ways to improve our species. Some are working within medical communities, trying to cure cancers and prevent inheritable diseases. Others are working in academic environments, doing research on how to make us smarter, live longer, or be better adapted for space travel. Still others are hacking away in secretive government labs far from the public eye. Right in plain sight are hundreds of community biolabs operating all around the world.Where will all these changes take us? Some may think or hope that the scientific elite in Boston or London will be making hard choices on behalf of the planet. But the future of Homo sapiens will be determined by billions of individuals whose reproductive and medical choices may already be altering our species more than any policy recommendations ever could.What is it we are becoming? Or to get to the heart of this book, what is it that we want Homo sapiens to become? We've been asking smart people wherever we go who are thinking about these topics. Scientists, of course. But also sociologists, anthropologists, bioethicists, visual artists, and Buddhist monks. The result is Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species.
Download or read book Philosophical Topics written by and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom and Value written by Ishtiyaque Haji and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom of the sort implicated in acting freely or with free will is important to the truth of different sorts of moral judgment, such as judgments of moral responsibility and those of moral obligation. Little thought, however, has been invested into whether appraisals of good or evil presuppose free will. This important topic has not commanded the attention it deserves owing to what is perhaps a prevalent assumption that freedom leaves judgments concerning good and evil largely unaffected. The central aim of this book is to dispute this assumption by arguing for the relevance of free will to the truth of two sorts of such judgment: welfare-ranking judgments or judgments of personal well-being (when is one's life intrinsically good for the one who lives it?), and world-ranking judgments (when is a possible world intrinsically better than another?). The book also examines free will’s impact on the truth of such judgments for central issues in moral obligation and in the free will debate. This book should be of interest to those working on intrinsic value, personal well-being, moral obligation, and free will.
Download or read book Life There s an App for That written by JW Festini and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the form of a technical manual, the book shares the authors thoughts and personal experience in a relaxed and conversational manner, easily understood by young people today. When we are children, we are filled with imagination, but as we get older, we lose the ability to dream. How many times have we heard well-meaning adults tell us Stop daydreaming and get to work. For most people, this leads to an unfulfilled life, and questions like Why am I here? or Where am I going? are either asked too late or not at all. The book likens our life journey to the apps that are installed on computers. The well-worn phrase Theres an app for that inspired the author to imagine what it would be like if we could create apps for our life. This is a modern self-help book also based in reality. The author shares how he and others weathered the Great Recession and other obstacles with the help of the Starting Over app. In order to help guide the reader toward a more fulfilling life, the question Why am I here? is answered. We are here to leave a legacy for those who follow. This frees the reader up to pursue a meaningful life on the way to powering down.
Download or read book California Court of Appeal 1st Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number of Exhibits: 14
Download or read book Mind and Cosmos written by Thomas Nagel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history, either. An adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as such. Nagel's skepticism is not based on religious belief or on a belief in any definite alternative. In Mind and Cosmos, he does suggest that if the materialist account is wrong, then principles of a different kind may also be at work in the history of nature, principles of the growth of order that are in their logical form teleological rather than mechanistic. In spite of the great achievements of the physical sciences, reductive materialism is a world view ripe for displacement. Nagel shows that to recognize its limits is the first step in looking for alternatives, or at least in being open to their possibility.
Download or read book Life Trajectories Into and Out of Contemporary Neo Nazism written by Christer Mattsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first comprehensive sociological study of the contemporary National Socialist movement in Sweden, including how it has developed since the 1990s until the present. It covers the ideas and political aspects of the movement, as well as the subjective and very personal stories told by young men and women who in some cases have left the movement and in others remained. Through a large number of detailed stories of the movement’s violence, hatred, and ideology, as well as stories of the life plans and dreams involved in re-entering society, the study on which the book is based provides knowledge, hope and new directions for studies on the National Socialist movement. Additionally, the book provides innovative research on the relation between the life trajectories of National Socialists and their significant others, allowing us to establish better and more scientific strategies for preventing radicalization and promoting de-radicalization. The book is aimed at students of sociology, social science and researchers studying hate movements and violent extremism. It is also meant for professionals such as teachers, social workers and youth workers who may encounter radicalization in their work as well as being a vital contribution for policymakers within the field.
Download or read book The Goal Is Life written by Michael Mavromatis and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the gospel is intended to set us free, help us discover life, and become more than who we are right now, then why is it that many men struggle with Christianity? Why do so many good men find church so unattractive? Why cant I as a man find my place in this life? Forget about tips and techniques; they are fine if you want to create a spreadsheet, bake a cake, or fix your engine. What we need is to rediscover our design. What was God thinking when He created you as a man? What is His offer? And once we find it, how do we become the men God intended us to be from the very beginning? The gospel is a message of restoration. What we need most is to see our relationship restored with our true Father if we are ever to become the men God sees in us. We must learn to hear His voice. Christianity was never intended to be a religion. However, it was always meant to be a relationship, originating from the heart.
Download or read book Super heroes written by Wendy Haslem and published by New Academia Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores contemporary superhero narratives, including comic books and films, in a wider mythic context. Since the 1930s superheroes have come to dominate a variety of media formats. Why are audiences so fascinated with heroes, and what makes the idea of heroes so necessary in society?
Download or read book Lose It for Life written by Stephen Arterburn and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of That Old YO-YO Weight-Loss/ Weight-Gain Cycle? LOSE IT FOR LIFE! “Every other diet I’ve tried ends in despair; Steve’s plan ends in hope!” Most weight-loss plans will help you drop a few pounds, but for how long? You deserve better. You deserve Lose It for Life, a time-tested, uniquely balanced program that deals with the physical, emotional, and even spiritual elements that lead to permanent weight loss. Even if you have already experienced some success on another weight-loss program—Atkins ®, South Beach ®, Weight Watchers ®, whatever—this book will give you the information and motivation you need to achieve a permanent “state of weightlessness,” which is the secret to lasting results. Now endorsed by Florida Hospital as part of its Healthy 100 campaign, this deluxe edition book and workbook offers a wide variety of exercises and activities to lead you to the next level in understanding Why you do what you do; How you can shed bad habits for good; How, with the help of God and others, you can develop a whole new approach to life, to eating, and to living healthy and free! Lose It for Life was developed by best-selling author and radio personality Stephen Arterburn, who lost sixty pounds twenty years ago and has kept it off. In this revolutionary book, he and Dr. Linda Mintle, who is known for her clinical work regarding weight issues, will help you accomplish what you desire most: permanent results. Includes bonus chapter from Arterburn’s new Healthy 100s Diet and Weight-Loss Plan!
Download or read book Us Again Neo s Story written by K. Sithole and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book California Supreme Court Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Court of Appeal Case(s): A052665
Download or read book Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo Confucianism written by Mary Evelyn Tucker and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaibara Ekken (1630--1714) was the focal Neo-Confucian thinker of the early Tokagawa period. He established the importance of Neo-Confucianism in Japan at a time when Buddhism had long been the dominant religious philosophy. This is the first book-length presentation of his thought. It contains a lengthy introduction to Ekken's life, time, and thought, and a careful translation into readable English of Ekken's book, Precepts for Daily Life in Japan (Yamanto Zokkun).
Download or read book Biocitizenship written by Kelly E. Happe and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Biocitizenship: The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power is a critical study of the relationship between the concept of citizenship and the body"--
Download or read book Journeys to Significance written by Neil Cole and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, biblically based model of leadership development based on the life of the Apostle Paul All churches, denominations, and parachurch organizations are eager for new models of leadership development. Cole uses the life and leadership lessons of the Apostle Paul to show how to develop leaders who are skilled, dedicated, and always open to learning from experience. Cole, a trusted, innovative authority, uses the four journeys of Paul to shows how leaders can grow to be more influential. A publication from the acclaimed Leadership Network Paul, the original “church planter,” was very instrumental in the growth of Christianity—and a perfect model for today’s leaders. Shows how Paul’s leadership developed over the course of his life to get better and better with time and maturity—and how they can do the same.
Download or read book Adapting philosophy written by Catherine Constable and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapting Philosophy looks at the ways in which The Matrix Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position. Where previous work in the field has presented the trilogy as a simple ‘beginner’s guide’ to philosophy, this study offers a new methodology for inter-relating philosophy and film texts, focusing on the conceptual role played by imagery in both types of text. This focus on the figurative enables a new-found appreciation of the liveliness of philosophical writing and the multiple philosophical dimensions of Hollywood films. The book opens with a critical overview of existing philosophical writing on The Matrix Trilogy and goes on to draw on adaptation theory and feminist philosophy in order to create a new methodology for interlinking philosophical and filmic texts. Three chapters are devoted to detailed textual analyses of the films, tracing the ways in which the imagery that dominates Baudrillard’s writing is adapted and transformed by the trilogy’s complex visuals and soundtrack. The conclusion situates the methodology developed throughout the book in relation to other approaches currently emerging in the new field of Film-Philosophy. The book’s multi-disciplinary approach encompasses Philosophy, Film Studies and Adaptation Theory and will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates studying these subjects. It also forms part of the developing interdisciplinary field of Film-Philosophy. The detailed textual analyses of The Matrix Trilogy will also be of interest to anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of the multi-faceted nature of this seminal work.
Download or read book Life as Surplus written by Melinda E. Cooper and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today. Melinda Cooper demonstrates that the history of biotechnology cannot be understood without taking into account the simultaneous rise of neoliberalism as a political force and an economic policy. From the development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s to the second Bush administration's policies on stem cell research, Cooper connects the utopian polemic of free-market capitalism with growing internal contradictions of the commercialized life sciences. The biotech revolution relocated economic production at the genetic, microbial, and cellular level. Taking as her point of departure the assumption that life has been drawn into the circuits of value creation, Cooper underscores the relations between scientific, economic, political, and social practices. In penetrating analyses of Reagan-era science policy, the militarization of the life sciences, HIV politics, pharmaceutical imperialism, tissue engineering, stem cell science, and the pro-life movement, the author examines the speculative impulses that have animated the growth of the bioeconomy. At the very core of the new post-industrial economy is the transformation of biological life into surplus value. Life as Surplus offers a clear assessment of both the transformative, therapeutic dimensions of the contemporary life sciences and the violence, obligation, and debt servitude crystallizing around the emerging bioeconomy.
