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Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies

Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies

Jesús Parra-Sáez
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522571520|ISBN10: 1522571523|EISBN13: 9781522571537
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch005
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Parra-Sáez, Jesús. "Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies." Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge, edited by Vicente González-Prida Diaz and Jesus Pedro Zamora Bonilla, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 74-94. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch005

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Parra-Sáez, J. (2019). Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies. In V. Diaz & J. Bonilla (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge (pp. 74-94). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch005

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Parra-Sáez, Jesús. "Human Perfection and Contemporary Enhancement Technologies." In Handbook of Research on Industrial Advancement in Scientific Knowledge, edited by Vicente González-Prida Diaz and Jesus Pedro Zamora Bonilla, 74-94. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7152-0.ch005

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Abstract

Human perfection has been one of the main objectives of the human species since the appearance of Homo sapiens, but contemporary biomedical technologies represent a promise to achieve it in the near future. In view of the new possibilities offered by new technologies, a scientific-philosophical theoretical debate has emerged between those who are in favor of its use on humanity for non-therapeutic purposes (posthumanists) and those who reject it (bioconservatives). In this chapter, the so-called “enhancement technologies,” the problems derived from their use with the aim of radically altering human abilities, and some of the most recent practical cases that have transcended the theoretical debate about their legitimacy are analyzed.

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