Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications

by Daniel Callahan and Mark J. Hanson

Book Overview

In this volume, scholars from philosophy, sociology, history, theology, women's studies, and law explore the looming ethical and social implications of new biotechnologies that are rapidly making it possible to enhance an individual's mental and physical attributes in ways previously only imagined.

To clarify the issues, the contributors grapple with the central concept of "enhancement" and probe the uses and abuses of the term. Focusing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878407804
• ISBN13: 9780878407804
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher