The case for perfection: ethics in the age of human enhancement

New York: Peter Lang (2016)
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This book critically examines what role, if any, should the notion of perfection play in the debate regarding the ethics of human enhancement. It defends that the concept of -human perfection- needs to be central when morally assessing human enhancements."

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BD233.R63 2016

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