Human genetic enhancements: A transhumanist perspective

Journal of Value Inquiry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-506

  Bostrom, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMANISM; LEGAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GERM CELLS; HUMANISM; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4043077660     PISSN: 00225363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:INQU.0000019037.67783.d5     Document Type: Review

References (18)

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2. See Eric K. Drexler, Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992); Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence (New York: Viking, 1999); Hans Moravec, Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).
3. See Eric K. Drexler, Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992); Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence (New York: Viking, 1999); Hans Moravec, Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).
4. See Robert A. Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities (Georgetown, Tex.: Landes Bioscience, 1999).
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6. See Robert Ettinger, The Prospect of Immortality (New York: Doubleday, 1964); James Hughes, "The Future of Death: Cryonics and the Telos of Liberal Individualism," Journal of Evolution and Technology 6 (2001).
7. See Eric K. Drexler, Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (London: Fourth Estate, 1985).
8. See David Lewis, "Dispositional Theories of Value," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supp. 63, pp. 113-37 (1989).
9. See Erik Parens, ed., Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications. (Washington, D. C: Georgetown University Press, 1998).
10. See Leon Kass, Life, Liberty, and Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2002).
11. See Jonathan Glover, What Sort of People Should There Be? (New York: Penguin, 1984); Gregory Stock, Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future (New York, Houghton Mifflin, 2002); and Allen Buchanan et al., From Chance to Choice: Genetics & Justice (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
12. See Jonathan Glover, What Sort of People Should There Be? (New York: Penguin, 1984); Gregory Stock, Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future (New York, Houghton Mifflin, 2002); and Allen Buchanan et al., From Chance to Choice: Genetics & Justice (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
13. Gregory Stock, Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future (New York, Houghton Mifflin, 2002); and Allen Buchanan et al., From Chance to Choice: Genetics & Justice (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
14. See Robert H. Frank, Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess (New York: Free Press, 1999).
15. Cf. Lee M. Silver, Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning will Transform the American Family (New York: Avon Books, 1997); and Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (Avon Books, 1993).
16. Cf. Lee M. Silver, Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning will Transform the American Family (New York: Avon Books, 1997); and Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (Avon Books, 1993).
17. See Freitas, op. cit.
18. For their helpful comments I am grateful to Heather Bradshaw, Robert A. Freitas Jr., James Hughes, Gerald Lang, Matthew Liao, Thomas Magnell, David Rodin, Jeffrey Soreff, Mike Treder, Mark Walker, Michael Weingarten, and an anonymous referee of the Journal of Value Inquiry.