Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 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. |
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 | eng |
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"" |
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Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 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 |
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 | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830852803321 |
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The voices and rooms of European bioethics / / edited by Richard Huxtable and Ruud ter Meulen |
Autore | Meulen ter, Ruud |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.2094 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HuxtableRichard
MeulenR. H. J. ter <1952-> (Ruud H. J.) |
Collana | Biomedical Law and Ethics Library |
Soggetto topico |
Medical care - Law and legislation - Europe
Medical care - Law and legislation - United States Medical genetics - Law and legislation - Europe Medical genetics - Law and legislation - United States Medical ethics - Europe Medical ethics - United States Bioethics - Europe Bioethics - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
law
philosophy social sciences medicine european bioethics Decision-making Descriptive ethics Disease Intensive care medicine Intuition Parenting Pediatric intensive care unit Shared decision-making in medicine X-ray |
ISBN |
1-138-70198-X
1-317-80456-2 1-315-81446-3 |
Classificazione | LAW000000LAW093000PHI005000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The voices and rooms of European bioethics, then and now -- pt. 2. European bioethics in social rooms -- pt. 3. European bioethics in clinical rooms -- pt. 4. European bioethics in academic rooms. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765767403321 |
Meulen ter, Ruud
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The voices and rooms of European bioethics / / edited by Richard Huxtable and Ruud ter Meulen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
Disciplina | 174.2094 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HuxtableRichard
MeulenR. H. J. ter <1952-> (Ruud H. J.) |
Collana | Biomedical Law and Ethics Library |
Soggetto topico |
Medical care - Law and legislation - Europe
Medical care - Law and legislation - United States Medical genetics - Law and legislation - Europe Medical genetics - Law and legislation - United States Medical ethics - Europe Medical ethics - United States Bioethics - Europe Bioethics - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9781315814469
9781317804567 9781138701984 |
Classificazione | LAW000000LAW093000PHI005000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The voices and rooms of European bioethics, then and now -- pt. 2. European bioethics in social rooms -- pt. 3. European bioethics in clinical rooms -- pt. 4. European bioethics in academic rooms. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208842603321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
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