Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves
In Better than Human, noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution and biomedical enhancements. One problem, he argues, is that the debate over these enhancements has divided into polar extremes¿into denunciations of meddling in the natural (or divine) order, or else a heady optimism that we can cure all that ails humanity. In fact, Buchanan notes, the human genome has always been unstable, and interventionis no offense against nature. But we must be aware of the danger of unintended consequences of these enhancements, and avoid the risk that only the wealthy will enjoy enhancements, exacerbati…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-066404-6
- EAN: 9780190664046
- Produktnummer: 22188222
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H17.5 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.7 cm 194 g
- Gewicht: 194
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Allen Buchanan is the author of eleven books on bioethics and political philosophy. He has served on the Advisory Council for the National Human Genome Research Institute, Staff Philosopher for the President's Commission on Medical Ethics, and as consultant to President Barack Obama's Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
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