LEADER 00000cam 2200565Mi 4500 001 ocn881887233 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075159.8 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140628s2014 nyu o 000 0 eng d 019 890951768 020 9780812698503|q(electronic bk.) 020 0812698509|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)881887233|z(OCoLC)890951768 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dOCLCO|dE7B|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF |dYDXCP|dIDEBK|dTEFOD|dRECBK|erda 049 GTKE 050 4 PN1997.J833 082 04 791.43/72|223 100 1 Michaud, Nicolas. 245 10 Jurassic Park and Philosophy :|bthe Truth Is Terrifying. 264 1 New York :|bOpen Court,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (301 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Popular Culture and Philosophy ;|vv.82 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Thanks; We Spared No Expense; I. PRESENT AT THE CREATION; 1. Damn You, Michael Crichton!; 2. Let the Raptors Run!; 3. The Past in a Petri Dish; 4. Runaway Memes; 5. Beer and Dinosaurs; II. LIFE HAS LOST ITS WAY; 6. Why Not Play God?; 7. Is the Essence in the Amber?; 8. Bring Back the Dinosaurs!; 9. Flea-Market Capitalism; 10. Do Dinosaurs Really Scare Us?; III. UNNATURAL SELECTION; 11. What's It Like to Be a T. rex?; 12. Feathering the Truth; 13. Raptor Rights; 14. If Dinosaurs Were People. . .; 15. Who Gets a Second Chance?; IV. STAYING ALIVE; 16. Superiority Is Our Weakness? 505 8 17. You Monkeywrenching Bastard!18. What We Leave Behind; 19. It's Only Natural to Blame Technology; 20. Decline of the Meatosaurus; 21. How Ethics Can Save You from Being Eaten; V. DEATH IS MY DESTINATION; 22. When You Go Extinct, You Don't Get to Come Back; 23. Playing God in Jurassic Park; 24. How Much Are Your Grandchildren Worth?; 25. Chaos and the Inevitable Collapse; 26. A T. rex Swallowed My Pride; 27. How to Avoid Extinction; Velociwriters; Genetic Markers. 520 Twenty-one philosophers join forces to 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, including greater understanding of biology leading to immeasurable medical benefits, but should we choose to. 588 0 Print version record. 630 00 Jurassic Park (Motion picture) 630 07 Jurassic Park (Motion picture)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01380922 650 7 PERFORMING ARTS|xReference.|2bisacsh 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Watkins, Jessica. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMichaud, Nicolas.|tJurassic Park and Philosophy : The Truth Is Terrifying.|dNew York : Open Court, ©2014|z9780812698473 830 0 Popular culture and philosophy. 914 ocn881887233 994 93|bGTK
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