201625

Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2015

278 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-56354-8

Health, Technology and Society

Inquiring into human enhancement

interdisciplinary and international perspectives

Edited by

Simone Bateman, Sylvie Allouche, Jérôme Goffette, Michela Marzano

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails.

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Full citation:

Bateman, S. , Allouche, S. , Goffette, J. , Marzano, M. (eds) (2015). Inquiring into human enhancement: interdisciplinary and international perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Bateman Simone; Allouche Sylvie

1-16

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Enhancement

Goffette Jérôme

38-59

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Why do we wish to be enhanced?

Menuz Vincent

60-85

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From repair to enhancement

Winance Myriam; Marcellini Anne; de Léséleuc Éric

119-137

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Doping behaviour as an indicator of performance pressure

Laure Patrick; Allouche Sylvie

161-180

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The earth as our footstool

Coenen Christopher

183-204

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Biotechnology and the future of sport

Missa Jean-Noël

229-252

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Adaptation and emortality

Stableford Brian

253-269

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