| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 199 pages) |
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Philosophy in action : small books about big ideas |
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Philosophy in action.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Breathless Optimism, Hysterical Loathing; 2. Why Evolution Isn't Good Enough; 3. Changing Human Nature? Or: Unnatural Acts, and Not Just with Sheep Like Dolly; 4. Playing God, Responsibly; 5. Will the Rich Get Biologically Richer?; 6. Is Enhancement Corrupting?; 7. The Enhancement Enterprise; References; Index |
| Summary |
Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should we view our biology as fixed or should we try to improve on it? College students are already taking cognitive enhancement drugs. The U.S. army is already working to develop drugs and technologies to produce "super soldiers." Scientists already know how to use genetic engineering techniques to enhance the strength and memories of mice and the application of such technologies to humans is on the horizon. In Better Than Human, philosopher-bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples w |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Bioethics
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Biomedical Enhancement -- ethics
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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Bioethics
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Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199797998 |
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0199797994 |
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