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Inquiring into Human Enhancement

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Simone Bateman

    1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

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  2. Jean Gayon

    1. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

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  3. Sylvie Allouche

    1. Université Catholique de Lyon, France

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  4. Jérôme Goffette

    1. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

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  5. Michela Marzano

    1. Université Paris Descartes, France

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

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  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

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    Simone Bateman

  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

    Jean Gayon

  • Université Catholique de Lyon, France

    Sylvie Allouche

  • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

    Jérôme Goffette

  • Université Paris Descartes, France

    Michela Marzano

About the editors

Sylvie Allouche, Université Catholique de Lyon, France. Simone Bateman, Centre for Research on Medicine, Science, Health, and Society (CERMES3), France. Christopher Coenen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France. T. Selim Eskiizmirlile, University Paris Diderot, France. Jean Gayon, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. Jérôme Goffette, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France. Patrick Laure, University of Lorraine, France. Eric De Léséleuc, National Higher Institute for Special Needs Education at Suresnes, France. Anne Marcellini, Lausanne University, Switzerland. Michela Marzano, Université Paris Descartes, France. Vincent Menuz, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Ruud ter Meulen, University of Bristol, UK. Jean-Noël Missa, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Pascal Nouvel, University Paul Valéry of Montpellier, France. Brian Stableford, Independent Researcher. Myriam Winance, Centre for Research on Medicine, Science, Health, and Society (CERMES3), France.

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