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The disease-centered goals of medicine and its ethos appear to be endangered by the emergence of new possibilities to use medical techniques “beyond therapy” — that is, to improve the appearance, capacities, or longevity of healthy persons. This paper discusses some normative aspects of such “enhancement”. First, it questions the possibility of a clear-cut “therapy-enhancement distinction”; secondly, it argues that even genuine enhancement, does not necessarily fall under the verdict of traditional physicians’ role and ethics; and third, should some enhancement procedures turn out to be effective and safe, people will still need professionals, physicians, or others to guarantee quality standards, risk monitoring, and individual information about the application of such procedures. Finally, whether or not enhancement is to be viewed as ethically acceptable will have to be decided by its consequences for individual and social flourishing and fairness.
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Schöne-Seifert, B. (2005). Von der Medizin zur Humantechnologie? Ärztliches Handeln zwischen medizinischer Indikation und Patientenwunsch. In: van den Daele, W. (eds) Biopolitik. Leviathan, vol 23. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80772-4_7
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