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Title
Enhancement, commodification, and human flourishing, or, The reason why human enhancement is wrong is because it leads to people being treated like pots
Reason why human enhancement is wrong is because it leads to people being treated like pots
Description
At present, the ideological bias in the human enhancement debate holds that opponents to human enhancement are primarily techno-conservatives who, lacking any reasonable, systematic account of why we ought to be so opposed, simply resort to a sort of fear-mongering and anti-meliorism. This dissertation means to counteract said bias by offering just such an account. Offered herein is a heuristic explanation of how, given a thorough understanding of enhancement both as a technology and as an attitude, we can predict a likely future of rampant commodification and dehumanization of man, and a veritable assault on human flourishing.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Milleson, Valerye Michelle (Author)
- McGregor, Joan (Thesis advisor)
- Robert, Jason (Committee member)
- French, Peter (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
iii, 206 p
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14769
Statement of Responsibility
by Valerye Michelle Milleson
Description Source
Viewed on Nov. 8, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2012
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206)
Field of study: Philosophy
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- 2012-08-24 06:21:50
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- 2021-08-30 01:47:25
- 3 years 2 months ago
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