How to be good [electronic resource] : the possibility of moral enhancement / John Harris.
Harris, John, 1945- , author.
2016
BJ1012 .H37 2016eb
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Title How to be good [electronic resource] : the possibility of moral enhancement / John Harris.
Author Harris, John, 1945- , author.
ISBN 9780191822001 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198707592
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198707592 doi
Call Number BJ1012 .H37 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
Summary Knowing how to be good is immensely important. The same goes for knowing how to make others be good - otherwise known as 'moral enhancement'. John Harris explores the many varied approaches to moral enhancement, from setting a good example to imbibing mood-altering substances, and asks whether and to what extent moral enhancement is possible.
Note Knowing how to be good is immensely important. The same goes for knowing how to make others be good - otherwise known as 'moral enhancement'. John Harris explores the many varied approaches to moral enhancement, from setting a good example to imbibing mood-altering substances, and asks whether and to what extent moral enhancement is possible.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Outline of the book
Introduction
What it's like to be good: individual responsibility
Taking the human out of human rights
Moral enhancement and freedom
Taking liberties with free fall
The God machine, the God delusion, and the death of liberty
"Ethics is for bad guys!:" putting the "moral" into moral enhancement
Molecules and morality
Moral progress and moral enhancement
Mind reading and mind misreading
The safety of the people
Persons or machines
Relevant papers, chapters, and reports
Acknowledgements
Index.

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