Beyond Humanity?: The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement

Allen E. Buchanan

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587810.001.0001

Beyond Humanity? The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement

Allen E. Buchanan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Number of pages	304
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191728761
ISBN (Print)	9780199587810
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587810.001.0001
State	Published - Sep 22 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Authenticity
Biomedical enhancement
Character
Diffusion of innovations
Evolution
Human nature
Nature
Risk
The natural

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587810.001.0001

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