The Ethics of Human Enhancement
Understanding the Debate
Steve Clarke editor Alberto Giubilini editor CAJ Coady editor Julian Savulescu editor Sagar Sanyal editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:20th Oct '16
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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.
This collection is an excellent contribution to the field; it fulfills and exceeds the promises of its two subsections: understanding and advancing the debate. ... It is a pleasure to read and is appropriate to use in post-graduate courses and advanced undergraduate seminars. ... this collection makes great strides in progressing the scholarship on ethics of enhancement. This is especially true in the way that the papers handle the bottlenecks of talking past each other, conflicting methodologies, and unquestioned assumptions. * Lily Eva Frank, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *
This book is an excellent contribution to the existing literature on the ethics of human enhancement. It deserves the attention of anyone who is eager to delve deeper into the on-going philosophical conversation about human enhancement, and it should be of special interest to so-called bioconservatives since so much of the book is grappling with that viewpoint. * Stephen M. Campbell, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
ISBN: 9780198754855
Dimensions: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm
Weight: 1g
292 pages