Better Than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves

by Allen Buchanan

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199797870

ISBN13:9780199797875

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 7.3" x 5.3"

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Administration & Policy Ethics Ethics & Morality Medical Medical Books Medical Ethics Medicine Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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