The Resource The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit, Margaret Somerville
The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit, Margaret Somerville
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The item The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit, Margaret Somerville represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).
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- Summary
- Somerville asks: What does it mean to be human today, when mind-altering scientific breakthroughs are challenging our fundamental ideas of ourselves, how we relate to others and the world around us, and how we find meaning in life? Some of the controversial topics Somerville touches upon are our growing acceptance of new reproductive technologies, and our conundrums over the genetic modification of plants and animals. She eloquently proposes that it is only through our willingness to undertake a journey of the human imagination -- by heeding our stories, myths, and moral intuition -- that we can truly see, understand, speak about, and relate to the world around us, and thereby develop an ethics to guide us
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Contents
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- Going on the ethical wallaby: searching for a shared ethics
- A poetry of ethics: creating a language of the ethical imagination
- Old nature, new science: respecting nature, the natural, and life
- From Homo sapiens to Techno sapiens: protecting the essence of being human
- Past virtues for a future world: holding our humanness on trust
- Isbn
- 9780887847479
- Label
- The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit
- Title
- The ethical imagination
- Title remainder
- journeys of the human spirit
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Somerville
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Somerville asks: What does it mean to be human today, when mind-altering scientific breakthroughs are challenging our fundamental ideas of ourselves, how we relate to others and the world around us, and how we find meaning in life? Some of the controversial topics Somerville touches upon are our growing acceptance of new reproductive technologies, and our conundrums over the genetic modification of plants and animals. She eloquently proposes that it is only through our willingness to undertake a journey of the human imagination -- by heeding our stories, myths, and moral intuition -- that we can truly see, understand, speak about, and relate to the world around us, and thereby develop an ethics to guide us
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Somerville, Margaret A.
- Dewey number
- 170/.44
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BJ1581.2
- LC item number
- .S65 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- CBC Massey lectures series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ethics, Modern
- Humanistic ethics
- Science
- Conduct of life
- Label
- The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit, Margaret Somerville
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Going on the ethical wallaby: searching for a shared ethics -- A poetry of ethics: creating a language of the ethical imagination -- Old nature, new science: respecting nature, the natural, and life -- From Homo sapiens to Techno sapiens: protecting the essence of being human -- Past virtues for a future world: holding our humanness on trust
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780887847479
- Lccn
- 2006497059
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- ocm70675995
- (OCoLC)70675995
- Label
- The ethical imagination : journeys of the human spirit, Margaret Somerville
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-262) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Going on the ethical wallaby: searching for a shared ethics -- A poetry of ethics: creating a language of the ethical imagination -- Old nature, new science: respecting nature, the natural, and life -- From Homo sapiens to Techno sapiens: protecting the essence of being human -- Past virtues for a future world: holding our humanness on trust
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780887847479
- Lccn
- 2006497059
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocm70675995
- (OCoLC)70675995
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