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Jurassic Park and Philosophy

The Truth Is Terrifying

  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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Twenty-one philosophers investigate the implications of the Jurassic Park franchise for our lives, our values, and our future. Human beings live and thrive by modifying nature, but when do the risks of changing nature outweigh the likely benefits? If it's true that "Life will find a way," should we view any modified or newly reconstituted life as a hazard? The new scientific information we could gain by bringing back T. Rex or other dinosaurs is immense, but should we choose to let sleeping dinosaurs lie? And if we do bring them back by reconstituting them from ancient DNA, are they really what they were, or is something missing? How do the different forces -- human curiosity, profitability, and philanthropy -- interact to determine what actually happens in such cases? What moral standards should be applied to those who try to bring back lost worlds? The idea of bringing back the dead and the powerful is not limited to biological species. It also applies to bringing back old gods, old philosophies, old institutions, and old myths. If revived and once again let loose to walk the Earth, these too may turn out to be more dangerous than we bargained for.
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  • Authors

    Nicolas Michaud +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.

  • Published

    August 2014

  • Weight

    405g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780812698473

  • ISBN-10

    0812698479

  • Eden Code

    4584041

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