Beyond Humanity?: The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement

by Allen Buchanan

Book Overview

Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. To some of us, these prospects are heartening; to others, they are dreadful. In Beyond Humanity a leading philosopher offers a powerful and controversial exploration of urgent ethical issues concerning human enhancement. These raise enduring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199587817
• ISBN13: 9780199587810
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"