Beyond Humanity? by Allen E Buchanan

Beyond Humanity? by Allen E Buchanan

Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. To some of us, these prospects are heartening; to others, they are dreadful. In Beyond Humanity a leading philosopher offers a powerful and controversial exploration of urgent ethical issues concerning human enhancement. These raise enduring questions about what it is to be human, about individuality, about our relationship to nature, and about what sort of society we should strive to have. Allen E. Buchanan urges that the debate about enhancement needs to be informed by a proper understanding of evolutionary biology, which has discredited the simplistic conceptions of human nature used by many opponents of enhancement. He argues that there are powerful reasons for us to embark on the enhancement enterprise, and no objections to enhancement that are sufficient to outweigh them.

Whether or not the benefits are worth the risks, Buchanan's thought-provoking work deserves careful consideration* Rev. Ezra Sullivan, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly *

Allen Buchanan is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University

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ISBN 13	9780199671496
ISBN 10	0199671494
Title	Beyond Humanity?
Author	Allen E Buchanan
Series	Uehiro Series In Practical Ethics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2013-01-17
Number of pages	304
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