Enhancing Human Capacities (eBook)

Julian Savulescu is Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics within the Faculty of Philosophy. He is also Director of the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics, and Director of the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences, within the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford. He is author of over 200 publications and has given over 100 international presentations. Ruud ter Meulen is Chair in Ethics in Medicine, and Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol. Previously he worked as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Bioethics at the University of Maastricht (The Netherlands). He is author of over 130 publications and has given over 100 national and international presentations. He was co-ordinator of the ENHANCE project in which most of the chapters of this book were produced. Guy Kahane is Deputy Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Research Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics, both at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. Kahane is also Fulford Junior Research Fellow at Somerville College Oxford, and a recipient of a Wellcome Trust University Award in Biomedical Ethics. Kahane has published extensively in applied ethics, metaethics and value theory.

"Indeed, the book itself is a cognitive enhancer par excellence
and is sure to raise the level of debate on the use of enhancements
and their potential risks and benefits for individuals and society
itself." (Neuroethics, 14 December 2011)

"This volume is appropriate for all who wish to reflect
seriously on the prospects for enhancing human capacities.
References in the articles range widely over the literature in
bioscience and philosophy. Comprehensive index included. Summing
Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general
readers." (Choice, 1 November 2011)

"This is clearly the most comprehensive and best collection on
human enhancement. It provides needed clarification of both the
relevant science and the ethical and policy issues--an
indispensable contribution to the debates."

--Dan W. Brock, PhD, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of
Medical Ethics, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School