Edited by Julian Savulescu, Guy Kahane, and Ruud ter Meulen (University of Bristol), "Enhancing Human Capacities" is the output of the now-completed ENHANCE project.
The book 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
Dan Brock, the distinguished Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, has written the following review:
“This is clearly the most comprehensive and best collection on human enhancement. It provides needed clarification of both the relevant science and the ethical and policy issues – an indispensable contribution to the debates.”
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