Title: Enhancing human capacities /
Authors: Savulescu, Julian; Meulen, R. H. J. ter 1952-; Kahane, Guy, 1971-
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Medical innovations Moral and ethical aspects.; Medical innovations Government policy.; Medical innovations Social aspects; Biomedical Enhancement ethics; Genetic Engineering ethics; Health Policy
Abstract: Reviews the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives. From publisher description.
Contents: Part I. Key concepts and questions. Well-being and enhancement / Julian Savulescu, Anders Sandberg, and Guy Kahane -- The concept of nature and the enhancement technologies debate / Lisbeth Witthøfft Nielsen -- Enhancement, autonomy, and authenticity / Niklas Juth -- Breaking evolution's chains : the promise of enhancement by design / Russel Powell and Allen Buchanan -- Part II. Cognitive enhancement. Cognition enhancement : upgrading the brain / Anders Sandberg -- The social and economic impacts of cognitive enhancement / Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu -- Cognitive enhancing drugs : neuroscience and society / Charlotte R. Housden, Sharon Morein-Zamir, and Barbara J. Sahakian -- Cognitive bias and collective enhancement / Steve Clarke -- Smart policy : cognitive enhancement and the public interest / Nick Bostrom and Rebecca Roache -- Part III. Mood enhancement. Scientific, ethical, and social issues in mood enhancement / Ron Berghmans [and others] -- Reasons to feel, reasons to take pills / Guy Kahane -- What's in a name? ADHD and the gray area between treatment and enhancement / Maartje Schermer and Ineke Bolt -- What is good and bad in mood enhancement? / Rein Vos -- Asperger's syndrome, bipolar disorder and the relation between mood, cognition, and well-being / Laurens Landeweerd -- Is mood enhancement a legitimate goal of medicine? / Bengt Brülde -- Cognitive therapy and positive psychology combined : a promising approach to the enhancement of happiness / Tony Hope -- After Prozac / S. Matthew Liao and Rebecca Roache.