Michael Hauskeller: 8 books

Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift, our desire to live longer, feel better...

Perspectives from philosophy, psychology religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships. Sexbots are coming. Given the pace of technological advances, it is inevitable that realistic robots specifically designed for people's sexual gratification...

There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things include changing the nature of living beings...

This book examines the dependence of transhumanist arguments on the credibility of the narratives of meaning in which they are embedded. By taking the key ideas from transhumanist philosophy – the desirability of human self-design and immortality, the elimination of all suffering and the expansion...

Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism...

Nie zuvor herrschte eine solche Unsicherheit wie heute hinsichtlich der Frage, welche Dinge als Kunst gelten dürfen und welche nicht. Verdutzt steht man oft im Museum und fragt sich: Sollte dies wirklich Kunst sein? Offenbar wird es von manchen dafür gehalten, sonst wäre es nicht dort, aber wir...

A urgência de pensar o animal é a mesma que obriga a refletir criticamente sobre a crença milenar na primazia ontológica do ser humano e em sua superioridade diante das outras espécies, contra as quais ele implementa lancinantes expedientes de exploração, experimentação e consumo que não...

O presente livro repercute os interesses dos pesquisadores da linha de Ética e filosofia política do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia (PPGF) da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), que convidaram colegas e interlocutores para juntos refletirem sobre o desafio de pensar...