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vi, 423 p. ; 25 cm Human enhancement ethics : the state of the debate / Nick Bostrom and Julian Savulescu -- pt. I. Human enhancement in general. Can anyone really be talking about ethically modifying human nature? / Norman Daniels -- What's taxonomy got to do with it? : 'species integrity', human rights, and science policy / Eric T. Juengst -- Should we improve human nature? : an interrogation from an Asian perspective / Ryuichi Ida -- The case against perfection : what's wrong with designer children, bionic athletes, and genetic engineering / Michael J. Sandel -- What is and is not wrong with enhancement? / Frances Kamm -- Enhancements are a moral obligation / John Harris -- Playing God / C.A.J. Coady -- Toward a more fruitful debate about enhancement / Erik Parens -- Good, better, or best? / Arthur L. Caplan -- The human prejudice and the moral status of enhanced beings : what do we owe the gods? / Julian Savulescu -- pt. II. Specific enhancements. Is selection of children wrong? / Dan W. Brock -- Parental choice and human improvement / Peter Singer -- Reasons against the selection of life : from Japan's experience of prenatal genetic diagnosis / Susumu Shimazono -- Medical enhancement and the ethos of elite sport / Torbjörn Tännsjö -- Life enhancement technologies : significance of social category membership / Christine Overall -- Paternalism in the age of cognitive enhancement : do civil liberties presuppose roughly equal mental ability? / Daniel Wikler -- Enhancing our truth orientation / Robin Hanson -- pt. III. Enhancement as a practical challenge. The wisdom of nature : an evolutionary heuristic for human enhancement / Nick Bostrom and Anders Sandberg edited by Julian Savulescu and Nick Bostrom Includes bibliographical references and index Medical innovations Social aspects Medical ethics Prenatal diagnosis Genetic engineering Biomedical Enhancement ethics Genetic Engineering ethics Prenatal Diagnosis ethics RA418.5.M4 H86 2009 9780199594962 (alk. paper) 2008031138 DNLM/DLC 080715 20161220093819.0 237018382 eng