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UNINA9910208815903321 |
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Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane |
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Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 |
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℗2011 |
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1-4443-9355-3 |
1-4443-9353-7 |
9786613408082 |
1-283-40808-2 |
1-4443-9354-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (631 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical innovations - Moral and ethical aspects |
Medical innovations - Government policy |
Medical innovations - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Key Concepts and Questions""; ""Part II: Cognitive Enhancement""; ""Part III: Mood Enhancement""; ""Part IV: Physical Enhancement""; ""Part V: Lifespan Extension""; ""Part VI: Moral Enhancement""; ""Part VII: General Policy""; ""Part I: Key Concepts and Questions""; ""Chapter 1: Well-Being and Enhancement""; ""Definitions of Enhancement""; ""The Welfarist Account of Human Enhancement""; ""Applying the Welfarist Account: The Case of Cognitive Ability"" |
""Summary: The Case in Favor of Enhancement""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: The Concept of Nature and the Enhancement Technologies Debate""; ""Enhancement by Means of Biotechnology and the Challenge to the Notion of Nature""; ""The Contribution of "Nature" and the "Natural" in the Debate on Enhancement of Human Capacities""; ""Conclusion""; |
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""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Enhancement, Autonomy, and Authenticity""; ""Introduction""; ""Autonomy""; ""Enhancement Promotes Autonomy?""; ""Promoting Autonomy is Irrelevant?"" |
""Authenticity and Enhancement -Physical and Aesthetic""""Authenticity and Enhancement - Cognitive and Mood""; ""Enhancement and Autonomy on a Larger Scale""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Breaking Evolution's Chains: The Promise of Enhancement by Design""; ""Unintended versus Intended Genetic Modification as a Means of Improving Human Welfare""; ""A Better Way to Think Responsibly about Intentional Genetic Modification""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part II: Cognitive Enhancement""; ""Chapter 5: Cognition Enhancement: Upgrading the Brain""; ""Introduction"" |
""Enhancement Methods""""Ethical Issues""; ""The Ends of Enhancement""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: The Social and Economic Impacts of Cognitive Enhancement""; ""Introduction""; ""Types of Cognitive Enhancement and Effects""; ""Economic Benefits of Enhancement""; ""Enhancement and Employment""; ""Injustice""; ""Obstacles to Development""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Cognitive Enhancing Drugs: Neuroscience and Society""; ""Cognition""; ""Cognitive Enhancement as a Potential Treatment""; ""Non-Therapeutic Uses of Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs"" |
""Do Cognitive Enhancing Drugs Affect Everyone Equally?""""Some Ethical Issues""; ""Future Directions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Cognitive Bias and Collective Enhancement""; ""Biased Individuals""; ""Groups""; ""The Internet""; ""Institutions""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Smart Policy: Cognitive Enhancement and the Public Interest""; ""Background""; ""Assessment""; ""Policy Issues""; ""References""; ""Part III: Mood Enhancement""; ""Chapter 10: Scientific, Ethical, and Social Issues in Mood Enhancement""; ""Introduction"" |
""SSRIs and Other Technologies that Improve Mood"" |
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