Inquiring into human enhancement : interdisciplinary and international perspectives /: interdisciplinary and international perspectives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simone Bateman, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, Jean Gayon, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, Sylvie Allouche, Université Catholique de Lyon, France, Jérôme Goffette, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, Michela Marzano, Université Paris Descartes, France.
• Other Names: Bateman, Simone, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction; Simone Bateman, Jean Gayon, Sylvie Allouche, Jérôme Goffette, Michela Marzano; ; PART I: HUMAN ENHANCEMENT: WHAT DO WE MEAN?; 1. The Concept and Practices of Human Enhancement: What is at Stake?; Simone Bateman and Jean Gayon; 2. Enhancement: Why We Should Distinguish Anthropotechnics from Medicine; Jérôme Goffette; 3. Why Do We Wish to Be Enhanced; Vincent Menuz; 4. The Moral Ambiguity of Human Enhancement; Ruud ter Meulen; ; PART II: LEARNING FROM ENHANCEMENT PRACTICES; 5. A Scale and a Paradigmatic Framework for Human Enhancement; Pascal Nouvel; 6. From Repair to Enhancement: The Use of Technical Aids in the Field of Disability; Myriam Winance, Anne Marcellini and Eric de Léséleuc; 7. BMI (Brain-Machine Interface) as a Tool for Understanding Human-Machine Cooperation; Selim Eskiizmirliler and Jérôme Goffette; 8. Doping Behavior as an Indicator of Performance Pressure; Patrick Laure and Sylvie Allouche; ; PART III: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: LESSONS FROM ART AND FICTION; 9. The Earth as Our Footstool: Visions of Human Enhancement in 19th and 20th Century Britain; Christopher Coenen; 10. Transcendental Medicine Versus the 'Prisonhouse of the Flesh': Enhancement in R.L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay; 11. Biotechnology and the Future of Sport: A Scenario; Jean-Noël Missa; 12. Adaptation and Emortality: Human Enhancement in 'Tales of the Biotech Revolution'; Brian Stableford
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages), (7 illustrations)
• Subjects: 610.28; Disease & Health Issues; Medical technology; Genetic engineering; Human body -- Forecasting; SCIENCE / Biotechnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; Biotechnology; Ethical issues & debates; Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Bio-ethics; Impact of science & technology on society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137530080; 1137530081
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.