Opening book details…
Can I read Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves (Philosophy in Action) on EtoBox?
Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves (Philosophy in Action) by Allen E. Buchanan is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves (Philosophy in Action) about?
Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should we view our biology as fixed or should we try to improve on it? College students are already taking cognitive enhancement drugs. The U.S. army is already working to develop drugs and technologies to produce "super soldiers." Scientists already know how to use genetic engineering techniques to enhance the strength and memories of mice and the application of such technologies to humans
Who reads Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Enhancing Ourselves (Philosophy in Action)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Allen E. Buchanan
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199912018
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Medical, Biology, Science
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (66 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by Allen E. Buchanan
Browse all works by Allen E. Buchanan
Similar books
- More Than Kings and Less Than Men : Tocqueville on the Promise and Perils of Democratic Individualism — L.JOSEPH HEBERT, Jr., L. Joseph, Louie (2010)
- More Than Human : Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement — Ramez Naam (2005)
- They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves : The History and Politics of Alien Abduction — Bridget Brown (2007)
- Human Being @ Risk: Enhancement, Technology, and the Evaluation of Vulnerability Transformations (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology Book 12) — Mark Coeckelbergh (2013)
- The Future of the Brain : the Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience — Steven Peter Russell Rose (2005)
- Gene Future : the Promise and Perils of the New Biology — Thomas F. Lee (1993)
