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Enhancing Human Capacities
Blackwell (2011)
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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.Author's Profile
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Gaia Barazzetti and Massimo Reichlin.Enhancing Human Capacities, Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen & Guy Kahane
a Legitimate Goal of Medicine?Enhancing Human Capacities, Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen & Guy Kahane
The Concept of Nature and the Enhancement Technologies Debate. (pages 19–33)Lisbeth Witthøfft Nielsen
The Social and Economic Impacts of Cognitive Enhancements. (pages 93--112)Anders Sandberg, Julian Savulescu & Guy Kahane
Cognitive Enhancing Drugs. (pages 113–126)Charlotte R. Housden, Sharon Morein-Zamir & Barbara J. Sahakian
Neuroscience and Society. (pages 113)Charlotte R. Housden, Sharon Morein-Zamir & Barbara J. Sahakian
Smart Policy: Cognitive Enhancement and the Public Interest. (pages 138–149)Nick Bostrom & Rebecca Roache
Scientific, Ethical, and Social Issues in Mood Enhancement. (pages 151–165)Ron Berghmans, Ruud ter Meulen, Andrea Malizia & Rein Vos
What's in a Name? ADHD and the Gray Area between Treatment and Enhancement. (pages 179–193)Maartje Schermer & Ineke Bolt
Asperger's Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder and the Relation between Mood, Cognition, and Well‐Being. (pages 207–217)Laurens Landeweerd
Scientific, Ethical, and Social Issues in the Extension of Human Lifespan. (pages 335)Gaia Barazzetti
The Value of Life Extension to Persons as Conatively Driven Processes. (pages 421–434)Steven Horrobin
Policy‐Making for a New Generation of Interventions in Age‐Related Disease and Decline. (pages 453–464)Kenneth Howse
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