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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780976703321

Autore

Mehlman Maxwell J

Titolo

The price of perfection [[electronic resource] ] : individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / / Maxwell J. Mehlman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9538-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Medical innovations - Social aspects

Perfection - Moral and ethical aspects

Social medicine

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.