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Virtue Ethics and Human Enhancement
Barbro Froding
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Description for Virtue Ethics and Human Enhancement
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 171.
This book shows how pressing issues in bioethics - e.g. the ownership of biological material and human cognitive enhancement - successfully can be discussed with in a virtue ethics framework. This is not intended as a complete or exegetic account of virtue ethics. Rather, the aim here is to discuss how some key ideas in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, when interpreted pragmatically, can be a productive way to approach some hot issues in bioethics. In spite of being a very promising theoretical perspective virtue ethics has so far been underdeveloped both in bioethics and neuroethics and most discussions have been conducted ... Read more
This book shows how pressing issues in bioethics - e.g. the ownership of biological material and human cognitive enhancement - successfully can be discussed with in a virtue ethics framework. This is not intended as a complete or exegetic account of virtue ethics. Rather, the aim here is to discuss how some key ideas in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, when interpreted pragmatically, can be a productive way to approach some hot issues in bioethics. In spite of being a very promising theoretical perspective virtue ethics has so far been underdeveloped both in bioethics and neuroethics and most discussions have been conducted ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
85
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400756717
SKU
V9789400756717
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Reviews for Virtue Ethics and Human Enhancement
From the reviews: This brief book is an argument for the compatibility between virtue ethics and human enhancements. ... The purpose of this book is to contribute to the conversation on enhancements by introducing virtue ethics to present a new perspective on human enhancement. ... the book addresses a topic in an important field, and provides ... Read more