The ethics of human enhancement : understanding the debate /
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Imprint: | Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
Description: | 269 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11039110 |
Summary: | We humans can enhance some of our mental and physical abilities above the normal upper limits for our species with the use of particular drug therapies and medical procedures. We will be able to enhance many more of our abilities in more ways in the near future. Some commentators have welcomed the prospect of wide use of human enhancement technologies, while others have viewed it with alarm, and have made clear that they find human enhancement morally objectionable. The Ethics of Human Enhancement examines whether the reactions can be supported by articulated philosophical reasoning, or perhaps explained in terms of psychological influences on moral reasoning. An international team of ethicists refresh the debate with new ideas and arguments, making connections with scientific research and with related issues in moral philosophy. |
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Physical Description: | 269 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780198754855 019875485X |