Title
Beyond humanity? : the ethics of biomedical enhancement / Allen Buchanan.
ISBN
9780199587810 (alkaline paper)
0199587817 (alkaline paper)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xii, 286 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
RA418.5.M4 B82 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
174.2/9284
Summary
"This book examines the ethical controversy surrounding biomedical enhancement: the use of biotechnologies to improve normal human capacities and characteristics. It deflates the heated rhetoric of the debate and, unlike other treatment of the topic, is informed by an understanding of evolutionary biology. The book debunks the idea that the natural is always good, and explains why and how we might need to change human nature"--Publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Uehiro series in practical ethics.
The Landscape of the Enhancement Debate
Enhancement and Human Development
Character
Human Nature and the Natural
Conservatism and Enhancement
Unintended Bad Consequences
Moral Status and Enhancement
Distributive Justice and the Diffusion of Innovations.
