How to Build a Better Human An Ethical Blueprint
How to Build a Better Human: An Ethical Blueprint by Gregory E. Pence, published by Bloomsbury Academic on August 17, 2012, explores the intersection of medicine, ethics, and human enhancement. In this 200-page work, Pence addresses the advancements in medical technology that have the potential to improve human capabilities but highlights the ethical challenges that have hindered their application. He critiques the current landscape, where covert enhancements are often pursued without scientific scrutiny, and advocates for a more transparent and ethical approach to human improvement.
Readers will find a thorough examination of the ethical implications surrounding genetics, biotechnology, and medicine. Pence argues for a balanced perspective that moves beyond the extremes of bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, suggesting that bioethics can play a constructive role in the pursuit of better human beings. This edition presents a thoughtful discourse on the responsibilities and possibilities of medical advancements, encouraging a public dialogue on the ethical dimensions of enhancement practices.
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Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement. Yet to date, it has failed to use them well, in part because of ethical objections. Meanwhile, covert attempts flourish to enhance with steroids, mind-enhancing drugs, and cosmetic surgery—all largely unstudied scientifically.
The little success to date has been sporadic and financed privately. In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues that people, if we are careful and ethical, can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine to improve ourselves, and that we should publicly study what people are doing covertly. Pence believes that we need to transcend the two common frame stories of bioethics: bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, and that bioethics should become part of the solution—not the problem—in making better humans.
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