Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives
E-Book, Englisch, 278 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Health, Technology and Society
ISBN: 978-1-137-53007-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
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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