Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011; ℗2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (631 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.29
• Soggetto topico: Medical innovations - Moral and ethical aspects; Medical innovations - Government policy; Medical innovations - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SavulescuJulian; MeulenR. H. J. ter <1952-> (Ruud H. J.); KahaneGuy <1971->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Enhancing human capacities
• ISBN: 1-4443-9355-3; 1-4443-9353-7; 9786613408082; 1-283-40808-2; 1-4443-9354-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910208815903321
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