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- Covers the novel topic of human cognitive enhancement
- Discusses how some key ideas in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, when interpreted pragmatically, can be a productive way to approach some hot issues in bioethics
- Contributes to the current debate both by giving a short introduction to virtue ethics and by adding some interesting and novel perspectives on bioethics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics (BRIEFSETHIC)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This brief book is an argument for the compatibility between virtue ethics and human enhancements. … The purpose of this book is to contribute to the conversation on enhancements by introducing virtue ethics to present a new perspective on human enhancement. … the book addresses a topic in an important field, and provides a foundation for future discussion … . it is most appropriate for readers not yet well versed in the Aristotelian virtue ethics tradition.” (Emily K. Trancik, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
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, Division of Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Barbro Fröding
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Virtue Ethics and Human Enhancement
Authors: Barbro Fröding
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5672-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5671-7Published: 24 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5672-4Published: 24 October 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-8101
Series E-ISSN: 2211-811X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 85
Topics: Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics