Beyond therapy and enhancement: The alteration of human nature

NanoEthics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Jotterand, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration of human nature; Brain computer interface; Human enhancement; Human nature; Procedural ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149175903     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-008-0025-z     Document Type: Article

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