Inquiring into Human Enhancement

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

  • Simone Bateman
  • Jean Gayon
  • Sylvie Allouche
  • Jérôme Goffette
  • Michela Marzano
Book

Part of the Health, Technology and Society book series (HTE)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Simone Bateman, Jean Gayon, Sylvie Allouche, Jérôme Goffette, Michela Marzano
      Pages 1-16

  3. Human Enhancement: What Do We Mean?

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 17-17
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    2. The Concept and Practices of Human Enhancement: What Is at Stake?
      Simone Bateman, Jean Gayon
      Pages 19-37
    3. Enhancement: Why We Should Distinguish Anthropotechnics from Medicine
      Jérôme Goffette
      Pages 38-59
    4. Why Do We Wish to be Enhanced?
      Vincent Menuz
      Pages 60-85
    5. The Moral Ambiguity of Human Enhancement
      Ruud ter Meulen
      Pages 86-99

  4. Learning from Enhancement Practices

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 101-101
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    2. A Scale and a Paradigmatic Framework for Human Enhancement
      Pascal Nouvel
      Pages 103-118
    3. From Repair to Enhancement: The Use of Technical Aids in the Field of Disability
      Myriam Winance, Anne Marcellini, Éric de Léséleuc
      Pages 119-137
    4. Brain–Machine Interface (BMI) as a Tool for Understanding Human–Machine Cooperation
      Selim Eskiizmirliler, Jérôme Goffette
      Pages 138-160
    5. Doping Behaviour as an Indicator of Performance Pressure
      Patrick Laure, Sylvie Allouche
      Pages 161-180

  5. Visions of the Future: Lessons from Art and Fiction

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 181-181
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    2. The Earth as Our Footstool: Visions of Human Enhancement in 19th and 20th Century Britain
      Christopher Coenen
      Pages 183-204
    3. 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
      Pages 205-228
    4. Biotechnology and the Future of Sport: A Scenario
      Jean-Noël Missa
      Pages 229-252
    5. Adaptation and Emortality: Human Enhancement in Tales of the Biotech Revolution
      Brian Stableford
      Pages 253-269
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 271-278
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

behavior biotechnology Moral morality mortality Nation

Editors and affiliations

  • Simone Bateman
    • 1
  • Jean Gayon
    • 2
  • Sylvie Allouche
    • 3
  • Jérôme Goffette
    • 4
  • Michela Marzano
    • 5
  1. 1.Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
  2. 2.Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance
  3. 3.Université Catholique de LyonFrance
  4. 4.Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1France
  5. 5.Université Paris DescartesFrance

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