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Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications

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In this volume, scholars from philosophy, sociology, history, theology, women's studies, and law explore the looming ethical and social implications of new biotechnologies that are rapidly making it possible to enhance an individual's mental and physical attributes in ways previously only imagined.

To clarify the issues, the contributors grapple with the central concept of "enhancement" and probe the uses and abuses of the term. Focusing in particular on the moral issues pertaining to cosmetic surgery and cosmetic psychopharmacology (a category which includes Prozac), they also examine notions of identity, authenticity, normality, and complicity. Other essays in this collection address the social ramifications of the new technologies, including the problems of access and fairness.


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ENHANCING HUMAN TRAITS

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Product Weight: 0.74 lbs
Editor: Parens, Erik
Publication Date: 2000-01-03
Language: English
Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIV PR
Dewey Decimal Classification: 174.25
Number of Units in Package: 1

ISBN: 9780878407804