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The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics / / Melinda Hall
| The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics / / Melinda Hall |
| Autore | Hall Melinda Gann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Disciplina | 174.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical innovations - Moral and ethical aspects
Medical innovations - Social aspects Medical innovations - Government policy Bioethics |
| ISBN | 1-4985-3349-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792558203321 |
Hall Melinda Gann
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics / / Melinda Hall
| The bioethics of enhancement : transhumanism, disability, and biopolitics / / Melinda Hall |
| Autore | Hall Melinda Gann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Disciplina | 174.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical innovations - Moral and ethical aspects
Medical innovations - Social aspects Medical innovations - Government policy Bioethics |
| ISBN | 1-4985-3349-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813491903321 |
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Hall Melinda Gann
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron
| Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron |
| Autore | Katz Jay <1922-2008, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/9/795 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical innovations - Social aspects
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects Hemodialysis - Social aspects Medical ethics Human experimentation in medicine Medical policy - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-351-31840-3
1-351-31839-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511436103321 |
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Katz Jay <1922-2008, >
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron
| Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron |
| Autore | Katz Jay <1922-2008, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/9/795 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical innovations - Social aspects
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects Hemodialysis - Social aspects Medical ethics Human experimentation in medicine Medical policy - United States |
| ISBN |
1-351-31840-3
1-351-31839-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796377303321 |
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Katz Jay <1922-2008, >
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron
| Catastrophic diseases : who decides what? : A psychosocial and legal analysis of the problems posed by hemodialysis and organ transplantation / / Jay Katz and Alexander Morgan Capron |
| Autore | Katz Jay <1922-2008, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/9/795 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical innovations - Social aspects
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects Hemodialysis - Social aspects Medical ethics Human experimentation in medicine Medical policy - United States |
| ISBN |
1-351-31840-3
1-351-31839-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807952203321 |
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Katz Jay <1922-2008, >
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| London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208815903321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enhancing human capacities / / edited by Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen, and Guy Kahane
| 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 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]]
| Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bostrom Nick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina |
174.29
610.1/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SavulescuJulian |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomedical Enhancement
Genetic engineering Medical innovations Prenatal diagnosis Medical innovations - Social aspects Medical ethics Genetic Engineering Ethics Prenatal Diagnosis Morals Biomedical Technology Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological Investigative Techniques Genetic Techniques Psychology, Social Technology Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Diagnosis Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Psychiatry Social Medicine Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-155960-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Human Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate; Part I. Human Enhancement in General; 1. Can Anyone Really Be Talking About Ethically Modifying Human Nature?; 2. What's Taxonomy Got to Do with It? ''Species Integrity,'' Human Rights, and Science Policy; 3. Should We Improve Human Nature? An Interrogation from an Asian Perspective; 4. The Case Against Perfection: What's Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering; 5. What Is and Is Not Wrong With Enhancement?; 6. Enhancements Are a Moral Obligation; 7. Playing God
8. Toward a More Fruitful Debate About Enhancement9. Good, Better, or Best?; 10. The Human Prejudice and the Moral Status of Enhanced Beings: What Do We Owe the Gods?; Part II. Specific Enhancements; 11. Is Selection of Children Wrong?; 12. Parental Choice and Human Improvement; 13. Reasons Against the Selection of Life: From Japan's Experience of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis; 14. Medical Enhancement and the Ethos of Elite Sport; 15. Life Enhancement Technologies: Significance of Social Category Membership 16. Paternalism in the Age of Cognitive Enhancement: Do Civil Liberties Presuppose Roughly Equal Mental Ability?17. Enhancing Our Truth Orientation; Part III. Enhancement as a Practical Challenge; 18. The Wisdom of Nature: An Evolutionary Heuristic for Human Enhancement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461060303321 |
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Bostrom Nick
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| Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]]
| Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bostrom Nick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina |
174.29
610.1/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SavulescuJulian |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomedical Enhancement
Genetic engineering Medical innovations Prenatal diagnosis Medical innovations - Social aspects Medical ethics Genetic Engineering Ethics Prenatal Diagnosis Morals Biomedical Technology Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological Investigative Techniques Genetic Techniques Psychology, Social Technology Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Diagnosis Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Psychiatry Social Medicine Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN |
1-383-04439-2
0-19-155960-1 |
| Classificazione | 44.02 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Human Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate; Part I. Human Enhancement in General; 1. Can Anyone Really Be Talking About Ethically Modifying Human Nature?; 2. What's Taxonomy Got to Do with It? ''Species Integrity,'' Human Rights, and Science Policy; 3. Should We Improve Human Nature? An Interrogation from an Asian Perspective; 4. The Case Against Perfection: What's Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering; 5. What Is and Is Not Wrong With Enhancement?; 6. Enhancements Are a Moral Obligation; 7. Playing God
8. Toward a More Fruitful Debate About Enhancement9. Good, Better, or Best?; 10. The Human Prejudice and the Moral Status of Enhanced Beings: What Do We Owe the Gods?; Part II. Specific Enhancements; 11. Is Selection of Children Wrong?; 12. Parental Choice and Human Improvement; 13. Reasons Against the Selection of Life: From Japan's Experience of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis; 14. Medical Enhancement and the Ethos of Elite Sport; 15. Life Enhancement Technologies: Significance of Social Category Membership 16. Paternalism in the Age of Cognitive Enhancement: Do Civil Liberties Presuppose Roughly Equal Mental Ability?17. Enhancing Our Truth Orientation; Part III. Enhancement as a Practical Challenge; 18. The Wisdom of Nature: An Evolutionary Heuristic for Human Enhancement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797762703321 |
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Bostrom Nick
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| Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]]
| Human Enhancement [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bostrom Nick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina |
174.29
610.1/9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SavulescuJulian |
| Soggetto topico |
Biomedical Enhancement
Genetic engineering Medical innovations Prenatal diagnosis Medical innovations - Social aspects Medical ethics Genetic Engineering Ethics Prenatal Diagnosis Morals Biomedical Technology Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological Investigative Techniques Genetic Techniques Psychology, Social Technology Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Diagnosis Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Psychiatry Social Medicine Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN |
1-383-04439-2
0-19-155960-1 |
| Classificazione | 44.02 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Human Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate; Part I. Human Enhancement in General; 1. Can Anyone Really Be Talking About Ethically Modifying Human Nature?; 2. What's Taxonomy Got to Do with It? ''Species Integrity,'' Human Rights, and Science Policy; 3. Should We Improve Human Nature? An Interrogation from an Asian Perspective; 4. The Case Against Perfection: What's Wrong with Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering; 5. What Is and Is Not Wrong With Enhancement?; 6. Enhancements Are a Moral Obligation; 7. Playing God
8. Toward a More Fruitful Debate About Enhancement9. Good, Better, or Best?; 10. The Human Prejudice and the Moral Status of Enhanced Beings: What Do We Owe the Gods?; Part II. Specific Enhancements; 11. Is Selection of Children Wrong?; 12. Parental Choice and Human Improvement; 13. Reasons Against the Selection of Life: From Japan's Experience of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis; 14. Medical Enhancement and the Ethos of Elite Sport; 15. Life Enhancement Technologies: Significance of Social Category Membership 16. Paternalism in the Age of Cognitive Enhancement: Do Civil Liberties Presuppose Roughly Equal Mental Ability?17. Enhancing Our Truth Orientation; Part III. Enhancement as a Practical Challenge; 18. The Wisdom of Nature: An Evolutionary Heuristic for Human Enhancement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821991303321 |
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Bostrom Nick
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| Oxford University Press, UK, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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