Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering

Contents

contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 part one: What Is to Come? 1 Visions of Heaven and Hell 11 2 Thinking about the Unthinkable 34 part two: The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering 3 Physical Harm to Children 53 4 Psychosocial Harm to Children 71 5 Broader Consequences for Society 91 6 The End of the Human Lineage 112 7 Evolution by Nature or by Human Design? 132 part three: Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering 8 Protecting the Children 155 9 Preserving Societal Cohesion 192 10 Providing for Our Descendents 201 11 Safeguarding the Human Species 208 Epilogue 229 Notes 231 Index 267 vii This page intentionally left blank ...