Ethics of Human Enhancement: An Executive Summary

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-212

  Allhoff, Fritz ^a   Lin, Patrick ^b   Steinberg, Jesse ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; HUMANS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 79959651760     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9191-9     Document Type: Article

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