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Better Humans? - Understanding the Enhancement Project (Paperback, New)
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Better Humans? - Understanding the Enhancement Project (Paperback, New)
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Developments in medical science have afforded us the opportunity to
improve and enhance the human species in ways unthinkable to
previous generations. Whether it's making changes to mitochondrial
DNA in a human egg, being prescribed Prozac, or having a facelift,
our desire to live longer, feel better and look good has presented
philosophers, medical practitioners and policy-makers with
considerable ethical challenges. But what exactly constitutes human
improvement? What do we mean when we talk of making "better"
humans? In this book Michael Hauskeller explores these questions
and the ideas of human good that underpin them. Posing some
challenging questions about the nature of human enhancement, he
interrogates the logic behind its processes and examines the
justifications behind its criteria. Questioning common assumptions
about what constitutes human improvement, Hauskeller asks whether
the criteria proposed by its advocates are convincing. The book
draws on recent research as well as popular representations of
human enhancement from advertising to the internet, and provides a
non-technical and accessible survey of the issues for readers and
students interested in the ethics and politics of human
enhancement.
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