How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint

著者

書誌事項

How to build a better human : an ethical blueprint

Gregory E. Pence

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012

  • : hbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全3件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement. Yet to date, it has failed to use them well, in part because of ethical objections. Meanwhile, covert attempts flourish to enhance with steroids, mind-enhancing drugs, and cosmetic surgery-all largely unstudied scientifically. The little success to date has been sporadic and financed privately. In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues that people, if we are careful and ethical, can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine to improve ourselves, and that we should publicly study what people are doing covertly. Pence believes that we need to transcend the two common frame stories of bioethics: bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, and that bioethics should become part of the solution-not the problem-in making better humans.

目次

  • Preface Part I-Competent Adults Chapter 1: What if Your Virtual Life Surpasses Your Real Life? Chapter 2: Lessons from Bioethics' History Chapter 3: Expanding the Mind with Drugs Chapter 4: Building Better Female Bodies Chapter 5: Building Better Male Bodies Chapter 6: Is it Moral to Feel Better than Well? Chapter 7: Practical Ways to Build a Longer Life Chapter 8: Is It Wrong to Live to a Hundred? Chapter 9: Personalized Genomics: Caveat Emptor! Part II-Choosing Better, Future Children Chapter 10: Choosing a Better Embryo Chapter 11: Eugenic Abortions? Chapter 12: Building Better Fetuses in Utero Chapter 13: Building Better Kids at Birth: Vaccinations Chapter 14: Building Better Minds of Children: Ritalin and Adderal Part III-Changing Human Nature? Chapter 15: How Not to think about Genetic Enhancement Chapter 16: Human Enhancement
  • Six Psychosocial Objections Chapter 17: Overview: Cloning, Primordial Cells & Enhancement Chapter 18: Conclusions and Six Practical Proposals Acknowledgments

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ