Human Enhancement

Zusatztext Human Enhancement gives a thorough and authoritative overview of the current state of this rapidly evolving field. Informationen zum Autor 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 OxfordNick Bostrom is Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. He previously taught at Yale University in the Department of Philosophy and in the Yale Institute for Social and Policy Studies. Klappentext To what extent should we use technological advances to try to make better human beings? Leading philosophers debate the possibility of enhancing human cognition, mood, personality, and physical performance, and controlling aging. Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now. Zusammenfassung To what extent should we use technological advances to try to make better human beings? Leading philosophers debate the possibility of enhancing human cognition, mood, personality, and physical performance, and controlling aging. Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Savulescu, Julian Bostrom Savulescu
• Assisted by: Nick Bostrom (Editor), Bostrom Nick (Editor), Julian Savulescu (Editor), Savulescu Julian (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2009
• EAN: 9780199299720
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929972-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethics & moral philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Bio-ethics, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct