
Enhancing Human Capacities
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 18. March 2011
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-4051-9581-2 (ISBN)
Description
Enhancing Human Capacities is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives.
* Presents a rich range of perspectives on enhancement from world leading ethicists and scientists from Europe and North America
* The most comprehensive volume yet on the science and ethics of human enhancement
* Unique in providing a detailed overview of current and expected scientific advances in this area
* Discusses both general conceptual and ethical issues and concrete questions of policy
* Includes sections covering all major forms of enhancement: cognitive, affective, physical, and life extension
Reviews / Votes
"Indeed, the book itself is a cognitive enhancer par excellence and is sure to raise the level of debate on the use of enhancements and their potential risks and benefits for individuals and society itself." (Neuroethics, 14 December 2011)"This volume is appropriate for all who wish to reflect seriously on the prospects for enhancing human capacities. References in the articles range widely over the literature in bioscience and philosophy. Comprehensive index included. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 November 2011)
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Product info
gebunden
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1179 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-9581-2 (9781405195812)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Julian Savulescu | Ruud Ter Meulen | Guy Kahane
Enhancing Human Capacities
E-Book
05/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€86.99
Available for download

Julian Savulescu | Ruud Ter Meulen | Guy Kahane
Enhancing Human Capacities
E-Book
02/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€86.99
Available for download
Persons
Julian Savulescu is Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics within the Faculty of Philosophy. He is also Director of the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics, and Director of the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences, within the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford. He is author of over 200 publications and has given over 100 international presentations.
Ruud ter Meulen is Chair in Ethics in Medicine, and Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol. Previously he worked as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Bioethics at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands). He is author of over 130 publications and has given over 100 national and international presentations. He was co-ordinator of the ENHANCE project in which most of the chapters of this book were produced.
Guy Kahane is Deputy Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Research Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics, both at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. Kahane is also Fulford Junior Research Fellow at Somerville College Oxford, and a recipient of a Wellcome Trust University Award in Biomedical Ethics. Kahane has published extensively in applied ethics, metaethics and value theory.
Editor
University of Oxford, UK
University of Bristol, UK
University of Oxford, UK
Content
Notes on Contributors
Preface: Guy Kahane, Julian Savulescu and Ruud ter Meulen
Part I: Key Concepts and Questions
Part II: Cognitive Enhancement
Part III: Mood Enhancement
Part IV: Physical Enhancement
Part V: Lifespan Extension
Part VI: Moral Enhancement
Part VII: General Policy
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Index