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 Gann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Temas:
Medical innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical innovations > Social aspects.
Medical innovations > Government policy.
Bioethics.
Biomedical Enhancement > ethics
Médecine > Innovations > Aspect moral.
Médecine > Innovations > Politique gouvernementale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Biotechnologie
Bioethik
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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