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Inquiring into human enhancement
interdisciplinary and international perspectives
Abstract
Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails.
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what is at stake?
pp.19-37
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_2why we should distinguish anthropotechnics from medicine
pp.38-59
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_3pp.103-118
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_6the use of technical aids in the field of disability
pp.119-137
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_7pp.138-160
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_8pp.161-180
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_9visions of human enhancement in 19th and 20th century Britain
pp.183-204
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_10enhancement in R. L. Stevenson's the Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
pp.205-228
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_11a scenario
pp.229-252
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_12human enhancement in tales of the biotech revolution
pp.253-269
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530073_13Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2015
Pages: 278
Series: Health, Technology and Society
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-56354-8
ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-53007-3
Full citation:
Bateman Simone, Allouche Sylvie, Goffette Jérôme, Marzano Michela (2015) Inquiring into human enhancement: interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.