Radical enhancement as a moral status de-enhancer
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منابع مشابه
The biomedical enhancement of moral status.
The biomedical enhancement of human capacities has emerged as one of the most philosophically invigorating areas of contemporary bioethical research. In exploring the ethical dimensions of emerging biotechnologies and human–machine interfaces, the literature on human enhancement has made significant contributions to traditional problems in moral philosophy. One such area concerns the enhancemen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monash Bioethics Review
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1321-2753,1836-6716
DOI: 10.1007/s40592-020-00118-w