The human enhancement debate and disability : new bodies for a better life /
How does the idea of enhancement relate to disability? At first glance, it might seem simple: enhancement is gain, disability is loss of function, but a closer looks reveals a rich and complex relationship, where the disability perspectives offers an invaluable insight in unpicking the controversy s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781137405531 1137405538 9781349487752 1349487759 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | How does the idea of enhancement relate to disability? At first glance, it might seem simple: enhancement is gain, disability is loss of function, but a closer looks reveals a rich and complex relationship, where the disability perspectives offers an invaluable insight in unpicking the controversy surrounding the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. While rejecting a dualistic divide between 'therapy' and 'enhancement', enhancement bioethics can benefit from the study of interdisciplinary disability studies by placing the question of a 'better life' for those who might become enhanced on experiential ground; in preventing bioethics from relying on reductionist biomedical models of functional upgrade; in considering ambivalence in and the side effects of improvements; and in making bioethics more alert to possible discriminatory implications. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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