Personhood in Science Fiction : Religious and Philosophical Considerations /: Religious and Philosophical Considerations. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Juli L. Gittinger.
• Authors: Gittinger, Juli L
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining Personhood in a Posthuman World -- 3. Dehumanization of the "Nonhuman" Being -- 4. Embodied and Non-bodied Selves -- 5. Ethics and AI -- 6. Artificial consciousness and Synthetic souls -- 7. The Alien-Other: Monsters, Mutants, and Othered Bodies -- 8. Free Will? -- 9. Concluding Thoughts.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.3/8762; 201.7; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3030300625; 9783030300623
• Related ISBNs: 9783030300616
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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