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Human Enhancement (Hardcover)
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To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human
beings? Because of the remarkable advances in biomedical science,
we must now find an answer to this question.
Human enhancement aims to increase human capacities above normal
levels. Many forms of human enhancement are already in use. Many
students and academics take cognition enhancing drugs to get a
competitive edge. Some top athletes boost their performance with
legal and illegal substances. Many an office worker begins each day
with a dose of caffeine. This is only the beginning. As science and
technology advance further, it will become increasingly possible to
enhance basic human capacities to increase or modulate cognition,
mood, personality, and physical performance, and to control the
biological processes underlying normal aging. Some have suggested
that such advances would take us beyond the bounds of human nature.
These trends, and these dramatic prospects, raise profound ethical
questions. They have generated intense public debate and have
become a central topic of discussion within practical ethics.
Should we side with bioconservatives, and forgo the use of any
biomedical interventions aimed at enhancing human capacities?
Should we side with transhumanists and embrace the new
opportunities? Or should we perhaps plot some middle course?
Human Enhancement presents the latest moves in this crucial debate:
original contributions from many of the world's leading ethicists
and moral thinkers, representing a wide range of perspectives,
advocates and sceptics, enthusiasts and moderates. These are the
arguments that will determine how humanity develops in the near
future.
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