Unfit for the Future

Zusatztext I welcome this book's call for research into the full array of ways of making us morally better. The authors make a powerful case for saying that our current moral endowment is not adequate for meeting the problems that the world faces. Informationen zum Autor Ingmar Persson is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg, and Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford.Julian Savulescu is Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the 21st Century School, University of Oxford Klappentext A lively and compelling discussion on the moral enhancement of human nature, at the cutting edge of modern ethics. Zusammenfassung Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our nature. Population growth and technological advances are threatening to undermine the conditions of worthwhile life on earth forever. We need to modify the biological bases of human motivation to deal with this challenge.

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• Authors: Ingmar Persson, Ingmar (University of Gothenburg) Persson, Persson Ingmar, Julian Savulescu, Julian (University of Oxford) Savulescu, Savulescu Julian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9780199653645
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965364-5
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics; Uehiro Series in Practical Eth; Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics; Uehiro Series in Practical Eth; Uehiro Practical Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Bio-ethics, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct