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Human Enhancement (2009) is a non-fiction book edited by philosopher Nick Bostrom and philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu. Savulescu and Bostrom write about the ethical implications of human enhancement and to what extent it is worth striving towards.
Critics and opponents often see transhumanists' goals as posing threats to human values. The human enhancement debate is, for some, framed by the opposition between strong bioconservatism and transhumanism. The former opposes any form of human enhancement, whereas the latter advocates for all possible human enhancements. [130]
With the discovery of various types of immune-related disorders, there is a need for diversification in prevention and treatment. Developments in the field of gene therapy are being studied to be included in the scope of this treatment, but of course more research is needed to increase the positive results and minimize the negative effects of gene therapy applications. [27]
Moral enhancement [1] (abbreviated ME [2]), also called moral bioenhancement (abbreviated MBE [3]), is the use of biomedical technology to morally improve individuals. MBE is a growing topic in neuroethics , a field developing the ethics of neuroscience as well as the neuroscience of ethics.
Enhancement und Genetik (together with Nikolaus Knoepffler), [38] Human Enhancement (together with Nick Bostrom), [39] Enhancing Human Capacities, [40] The Ethics of Human Enhancement. [41] He was also a co-author of Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships addressing the future potential widespread use of aphrodisiacs. In it ...
Human cloning is banned by the Presidential Decree 200/97 of 7 March 1997. [48] Australia: Illegal [50] [49] Legal [51] Australia has prohibited human cloning, [52] though as of December 2006, a bill legalizing therapeutic cloning and the creation of human embryos for stem cell research passed the House of Representatives. Within certain ...
Article 11 of UNESCO's Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights asserts that the reproductive cloning of human beings is contrary to human dignity, [10] that a potential life represented by the embryo is destroyed when embryonic cells are used, [11] and there is a significant likelihood that cloned individuals would be ...
Life extension is the concept of extending the human lifespan, either modestly through improvements in medicine or dramatically by increasing the maximum lifespan beyond its generally-settled biological limit of around 125 years. [1]