Between Bioconservatism and transhumanism: In search of a third way

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Published: Sep 1, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/eip.2015.2.9
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transhumanism, visit theology, patient transcendence, Christianity, Bostrom

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Filip Bardziński
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

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Review of the book edited by R. Cole-Turner Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement.

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Bardziński, F. (2015). Between Bioconservatism and transhumanism: In search of a third way. ETHICS IN PROGRESS, 6(2), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.14746/eip.2015.2.9
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015)
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