Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves by Buchanan, Allen
Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves by Buchanan, Allen

Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves

In Better than Human?, noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution...
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Author: Allen Buchanan
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Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves by Buchanan, Allen

Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves

$167.45
Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves by Buchanan, Allen

Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves

$167.45
Author: Allen Buchanan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In Better than Human?, noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution now upon us. Biomedical enhancements, he writes, can make us smarter, have better memories, be stronger, quicker, have more stamina, live much longer, be more resistant to disease and to the frailties of aging, and enjoy richer emotional lives. They can even improve our character, or at least strengthen our powers of self-control. In spite of the benefits that biomedical enhancements may bring, many people instinctively reject them. Some worry that we will lose something important-our appreciation for what we have or what makes human beings distinctively valuable. To think clearly about enhancement, Buchanan argues, we have to acknowledge that nature is a mixed bag and that our species has many "design flaws". We should be open to the possibility of becoming better than human, while never underestimating the risk that our attempts to improve may backfire.


Author: Allen Buchanan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780190664046

About the Author

Allen Buchanan is the author of eleven books on bioethics and political philosophy. He has served on the Advisory Council for the National Human Genome Research Institute, Staff Philosopher for the President's Commission on Medical Ethics, and as consultant to President Barack Obama's Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

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