Beyond humanity? : the ethics of biomedical enhancement /
Biotechnologies enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. Buchanan explores urgent ethical issues raised by these developments, about what it is to be human and what sort of society we should...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Uehiro series in practical ethics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Biotechnologies enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. Buchanan explores urgent ethical issues raised by these developments, about what it is to be human and what sort of society we should strive to have. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191728764 9780191728761 9780199587810 0199587817 9780191651625 0191651621 |