Bioethics in the age of new media

Bioethics in the age of new media / Joanna Zylinska.

Joanna Zylinska examines the ethical challenges presented by technology to the allegedly sacrosant idea of the human & makes a proposal for a new ethics of life rooted in the philosophy of alterity.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zylinska, Joanna, 1971-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Bioethics. Mass media. Culture. Technology. mass media. culture note. culture (concept) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics. Technology Culture Bioethics Mass media Bioethik Massenmedien Leben Alltagsbewusstsein Neue Medien Massmedia. Biologisk etik. Allmänna opinionen. Medicinsk teknik.
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Table of Contents:

Bioethics: a critical introduction
A different history of bioethics : the cybernetic connection
Biopolitics today : the ubiquitous practice of life management
Of swans and ugly ducklings : imagining perfection in makeover culture
The secret of life : bioethics between corporeal and corporate obligations
Green bunnies and speaking ears : the ethics of bioart.