04710nam 2200613 450 991020881590332120170918173850.01-4443-9355-31-4443-9353-797866134080821-283-40808-21-4443-9354-5(CKB)3710000000503931(EBL)4043995(MiAaPQ)EBC4043995(MiAaPQ)EBC700645(EXLCZ)99371000000050393120160816h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEnhancing human capacities /edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy KahaneChichester, West Sussex, England :Wiley-Blackwell,2011.℗20111 online resource (631 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-9581-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""; ""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""Medical innovationsMoral and ethical aspectsMedical innovationsGovernment policyMedical innovationsSocial aspectsElectronic books.Medical innovationsMoral and ethical aspects.Medical innovationsGovernment policy.Medical innovationsSocial aspects.174.29Savulescu JulianMeulen R. H. J. ter(Ruud H. J.),1952-Kahane Guy1971-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910208815903321Enhancing human capacities2004406UNINA