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" Beyond humanity? "
Allen Buchanan.
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BL
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653685
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Buchanan, Allen E.,1948-
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Beyond humanity? : the ethics of biomedical enhancement /\ Allen Buchanan.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, c2011.
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Uehiro series in practical ethics
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1 online resource (xii, 286 p.)
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0191728764 (ebook)
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: 9780191728761 (ebook)
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: 9780199587810
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: 0199587817
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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Biotechnologies enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. Buchanan explores urgent ethical issues raised by these developments, about what it is to be human and what sort of society we should strive to have.
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Medical innovations-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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RA418.5.M4
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