Beyond Humanity?

The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-967149-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Reihe: Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics

Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. To some of us, these prospects are heartening; to others, they are dreadful. In Beyond Humanity a leading philosopher offers a powerful and controversial exploration of urgent ethical issues concerning human enhancement. These raise enduring
questions about what it is to be human, about individuality, about our relationship to nature, and about what sort of society we should strive to have. Allen E. Buchanan urges that the debate about enhancement needs to be informed by a proper understanding of evolutionary biology, which has discredited the
simplistic conceptions of human nature used by many opponents of enhancement. He argues that there are powerful reasons for us to embark on the enhancement enterprise, and no objections to enhancement that are sufficient to outweigh them.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of philosophy; medical professionals, lawyers, and policymakers interested in the ethics of technological enhancement of human nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buchanan, Allen

Buchanan, Allen E.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The Landscape of the Enhancement Debate
2: Enhancement and Human Development Enhancement and Human Development
3: Character
4: Human Nature and the Natural
5: Conservatism and Enhancement
6: Unintended Bad Consequences
7: Moral Status and Enhancement
8: Distributive Justice and the Diffusion of Innovations

Über Autor(innen)

Allen Buchanan is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University