The Price of Perfection : Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mehlman, Maxwell J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social Identification.
Doping in Sports.
Decision Making.
Biomedical Enhancement.
Bioethics.
Social medicine.
Perfection > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical innovations > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The technological horizon
  • Self-satisfaction
  • Social reward
  • The hegemony of meritocracy
  • Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality
  • Lack of choice
  • Enhancements in sports
  • The lessons from sports
  • The war on enhancements
  • Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking
  • Protecting the vulnerable
  • Access and inequality
  • Abominations
  • Research on enhancement.

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