Bioscience and the good life / / Iain Brassington
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| Autore: |
Brassington Iain
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| Titolo: |
Bioscience and the good life / / Iain Brassington
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations; digital, HTML file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico: | Life sciences - Social aspects |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Dedication --Acknowledgements --Chapter 1. The good of bioscience --Chapter 2. Bad arguments against better lives --Chapter 3. Must we make better people? --Chapter 4. Sex, death and cabbages : a defence of mortality --Chapter 5. Designs for life --Chapter 6. Thinking better about better thinking --Chapter 7. Good is as good does? The case of ‘moral enhancement’ --Chapter 8. Bioscience and the duty to research, part 1 : ways to make life better --Chapter 9. Bioscience and the duty to research, part 2 : non-beneficent arguments --Chapter 10. Bioscience and the good life --Bibliography --Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The field of biotechnology has provided us with radical revisions and reappraisals of the nature and possibilities of our biological existence. Yet beyond its immediate utility, does a life that is healthier, longer, or freer from disease make us ''better'' or more moral people? Bioscience and the Good Life explores the complex relationship between modern biosciences and human flourishing, their sympathies and schisms, and the instances of their reconciliation. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bioscience and the Good Life |
| ISBN: | 1-4725-4431-5 |
| 1-78093-093-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910774900303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Science, ethics & society.