Unfit for the Future

Unfit for the Future
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9780199653645
ISBN-13 : 019965364X
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Book Synopsis Unfit for the Future by : Ingmar Persson

Download or read book Unfit for the Future written by Ingmar Persson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our nature. Population growth and technological advances are threatening to undermine the conditions of worthwhile life on earth forever. We need to modify the biological bases of human motivation to deal with this challenge.


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