The Case for Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Human Enhancement

by Johann Roduit

Overview

The author critically examines what role the notion of perfection should play in the debate regarding the ethics of human enhancement. He argues that the concept of «human perfection» needs to be central when morally assessing human enhancements. This anthropological ideal provides an additional norm to evaluate enhancing interventions, extending the well-established bioethical principles of autonomy, justice, and safety.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631671504
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	02/22/2016
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Johann A. R. Roduit is Managing Director of the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich. He is also the co-founder of Neohumanitas, an international think tank fostering discussion about emerging technologies. He is currently leading the science communication project superhumains.ch.

Table of Contents

Contents: Human enhancement: living up to the ideal human? – Human enhancement and perfection – Evaluating human enhancements: the importance of ideals – Getting rid of problematic conceptions of perfection – Defending a particular view of perfection.

Preface

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Editorial Reviews

«Roduit’s perfectionist account of enhancement is a very welcome conceptual novelty. The book deserves to be widely read. It should generate a richer, if not perfect, debate on human enhancement.» (Nicholas Agar, Victoria University of Wellington)

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