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  • About Better Humans. Enhancement as Education?

    About Better Humans. Enhancement as Education?

    I. The term “human enhancement“ refers to the improvement of humans. Unfortunately, it is unclear how human enhancement is defined. In the medical context, a distinction is made between therapeutic and compensatory measures on the one hand and human enhancement on the other hand. Therapeutic measures aim to cure a disease or to relieve the suffering. …...

  • Ethics of Human Enhancement 101…

    Ethics of Human Enhancement 101…

    While society at large considers the notion of “human enhancement” generally with human genetic engineering, the term usually refers to the “general applications of the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science to improve human performance” (p., 113).  Since the 1990’s there has been growing advocacy particularly in the academic fields, but more …...