Truly human enhancement : a philosophical defense of limits /

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The transformative potential of genetic and cybernetic technologies to enhance human capabilities is most often either rejected on moral and prudential grounds or hailed as the future salvation of humanity. In this book, Nicholas Agar offers a more nuanced view, making a case for moderate human enha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Agar, Nicholas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2014]
Colección:Basic bioethics.
Temas:
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Biotechnology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic engineering > Philosophy.
Medical ethics.
Diffusion of innovations.
Genetic Enhancement > ethics
Biomedical Technology > ethics
Diffusion of Innovation
Ethics, Medical
Technology Assessment, Biomedical > ethics
Médecine > Innovations > Aspect moral.
Biotechnologie > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Innovations > Diffusion.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Diffusion of innovations
Biotechnology > Moral and ethical aspects
Genetic engineering > Philosophy
Medical ethics
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects
PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics
PHILOSOPHY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Radical Human Enhancement as a Transformative Change
  • Two Ideals of Human Enhancement
  • What Interest Do We Have in Superhuman Feats?
  • The Threat to Human Identities from Too Much Enhancement
  • Should We Enhance Our Cognitive Powers to Better Understand the Universe and Our Place in It?
  • The Moral Case against Radical Life Extension
  • A Defense of Truly Human Enhancement
  • Why Radical Cognitive Enhancement Will (Probably) Enhance Moral Status
  • Why Moral Status Enhancement Is a Morally Bad Thing
  • A Technological Yet Truly Human Future--as Depicted in Star Trek.

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