Virtue essentialism, prototypes, and the moral conservative opposition to enhancement technologies: A neuroethical critique

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Banja, John ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Cognition; Enhancement; Neural networks; Neuroepistemology; Neuroethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953762227     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2011.556918     Document Type: Article

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