A transhumanist fault line around disability: Morphological freedom and the obligation to enhance

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 670-684

  Bradshaw, Heather G ^a   Ter Meulen, Ruud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability; human enhancement; morphological freedom; negative liberty; transhumanist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ETHICS; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; DISABLED PERSONS; FREEDOM; HUMANISM; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 78650819312     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhq048     Document Type: Article

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