Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well?

Background to the debate: A variety of biomedical technologies are being developed that can be used for purposes other than treating disease. Such “enhancement technologies” can be used to improve our appearance and regulate our emotions, with the goal of feeling “better than well.” While these tech...

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Autores principales: Caplan, Arthur, Elliott, Carl
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2004
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The PLoS Medicine Debate
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15630464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010052
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description Background to the debate: A variety of biomedical technologies are being developed that can be used for purposes other than treating disease. Such “enhancement technologies” can be used to improve our appearance and regulate our emotions, with the goal of feeling “better than well.” While these technologies can help people adapt to their rapidly changing lifestyles, their use raises important ethical issues.
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spelling pubmed-5390452004-12-28 Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well? Caplan, Arthur Elliott, Carl PLoS Med The PLoS Medicine Debate Background to the debate: A variety of biomedical technologies are being developed that can be used for purposes other than treating disease. Such “enhancement technologies” can be used to improve our appearance and regulate our emotions, with the goal of feeling “better than well.” While these technologies can help people adapt to their rapidly changing lifestyles, their use raises important ethical issues. Public Library of Science 2004-12 2004-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC539045/ /pubmed/15630464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010052 Text en Copyright: © 2004 Caplan and Elliott. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well?
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title_full Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well?
title_fullStr Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well?
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title_short Is It Ethical to Use Enhancement Technologies to Make Us Better than Well?
title_sort is it ethical to use enhancement technologies to make us better than well?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539045/
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