We consider the current debate between bioconservatives and their chief opponents—
whom we dub bioliberals—about the moral acceptability of human enhancement and the …

Observing Bioethics examines the history of bioethics as a discipline related not only to
modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but also to the core values and beliefs of …

A new political movement has arisen in bioethics, self‐consciously distingushed from the
rest of the ield and characterized by a new way of writing and arguing. Unfortunately, that …

Transhumanism, the belief that technology can transcend the limitations of the human body
and brain, is part of the family of Enlightenment philosophies. As such, transhumanism has …

This book discusses three possible human enhancement paradigms and explores how each
involves different values, uses of technology, and different degrees and kinds of ethical …

Ethical debate surrounding human enhancement, especially by biotechnological means,
has burgeoned since the turn of the century. Issues discussed include whether specific types …

In bioethics the term 'human enhancement'refers to any kind of genetic, biomedical, or
pharmaceutical intervention aimed at improving human dispositions, capacities, and well …

Through the creative use of literary analysis, Memory, Imagination, Justice provides a critical
and highly original discussion of contemporary topics in criminal law and bioethics. Author …

Participants in the long-running bioethical debate over human germline genetic modification
(HGGM) tend to imagine future people abstractly and on the basis of conventionalized …

In his 2006 State of the Union speech, President George W. Bush asked the US Congress to
prohibit the" most egregious abuses of medical research," such as the" creation of animal …