Virtue Ethics and Human Enhancement

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fröding, Barbro (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Ethics,
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.

This book shows how pressing issues in bioethics – e.g. the ownership of biological material and human cognitive enhancement – successfully can be discussed with in a virtue ethics framework. This is not intended as a complete or exegetic account of virtue ethics. Rather, the aim here is to discuss...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• chapter 1 The problem
• chapter 2 The good life
• chapter 3 The biological obstacles
• chapter 4; Aristotle’s virtues and how to acquire them
• chapter 5 Examples of useful capacities
• chapter 6 Critique of virtue ethics
• chapter 7 Three enhancement methods
• chapter 8 Conclusion.