Ethics of human enhancement: 25 questions & answers

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Allhoff, Fritz ^a   Lin, Patrick ^b   Moor, James ^c   Weckert, John ^d  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emerging technologies; Ethics; Human engineering; Human enhancement; Nanotechnology; Policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249160089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1941-6008.1110     Document Type: Article

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