Enhancing human traits
Subtitle: ethical and social implications
By: edited by Erik Parens.
Contributors: Parens, Erik, 1957-
Series: Hastings Center studies in ethics
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Medical innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical innovations -- Social aspects; Psychotropic drugs -- Moral and ethical aspects; Surgery, Plastic -- Moral and ethical aspects; Performance technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: New biotechnologies - ranging from genetic manipulation to pharmacology and new surgical techniques - are rapidly making it possible to enhance an individual's appearance, mood, mental and physical abilities, and even personality in ways previously only imagined. In this volume, scholars from philosophy, sociology, history, theology, women's studies, and law explore the looming ethical and social implications of these new biotechnologies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.