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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792558203321

Autore

Hall Melinda Gann

Titolo

The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics / / Melinda Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3349-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Medical innovations - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical innovations - Social aspects

Medical innovations - Government policy

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.