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A theory of the super soldier : the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military /
Super soldiers are about to become the new actors in the battlefields of tomorrow. Armed with science fiction-esque equipment and drugs, they are about to make comic book and Hollywood superheroes a reality.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Conceptual clarifications: distinguishing capacity-restoring and capacity-increasing technologies; 2 The moral obligation of soldier enhancement research; 3 Military capacity-increasing technologies and their consequences; 4 The ethics of developing capacity-increasing technologies; 5 Permanent capacity-increasing technologies and the transhumanist danger; Conclusion; Index.