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Direct linkShoffstall, Grant – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2010
This essay takes as its chief point of departure Jacques Ellul's contention that imaginative treatments of malevolent technology in antitechnological science fiction, by way of inviting rejection, refusal, dismissal, or condemnation, conspire in facilitating human acceptance of and adjustment to technology as it otherwise presently is. The author…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Science and Society, Technological Advancement, Human Body
Peer reviewedSmith, George P.; Hall, Clare – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1987
Analyzes three central problems which adversely affect use, development, and perfection of cryonic suspension of individuals: the extent to which a physician may be guilty of malpractice in assisting with a suspension; the need for a recognition of suspension; and the present effect of the law's anachronistic treatment of estate devolution upon a…
Descriptors: Biology, Court Litigation, Human Body, Legal Problems
