Anthropological Arguments in the Ethical Debate about Human Enhancement

The paper discusses the role of anthropological arguments in contemporary ethics as exemplified in the current debate about biotechnological human enhancement interventions. Anthropological arguments refer to a normative conception of what it means to be a human being and are highly contested in con...

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Main Author: Jan-Christoph Heilinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2014-05-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
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Online Access:http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/117