The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics /

In a critical intervention into the bioethics debate over human enhancement, philosopher Melinda Hall tackles the claim that the expansion and development of human capacities is a moral obligation. Hall draws on French philosopher Michel Foucault to reveal and challenge the ways disability is centra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Melinda (Melinda Charis)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.
Temas:
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical innovations > Social aspects.
Medical innovations > Government policy.
Médecine > Innovations > Aspect moral.
Médecine > Innovations > Politique gouvernementale.
Medical innovations > Government policy
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical innovations > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : enhancement, disability, and biopolitics
  • Dragon slayers : exploring transhumanism
  • Rethinking disability : dodging definitions, muddying models
  • Rethinking enhancement : a genealogical approach
  • Choosing, for choice's sake : a case study
  • Disability as/at risk : the biopolitics of disability
  • Conclusion : rethinking the future.

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