Ingmar Persson (University of Gothenburg), Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford)

UNFIT FOR THE FUTURE USPE C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively and compelling discussion on the moral enhancement of human nature, at the cutting edge of modern ethics.

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Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our nature. Population growth and technological advances are threatening to undermine the conditions of worthwhile life on earth forever. We need to modify the biological bases of human motivation to deal with this challenge.

Produktdetails

• Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780199653645
• ISBN-10: 019965364X
• Artikelnr.: 36199323

Autorenporträt

Ingmar Persson is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Gothenburg, and Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Julian Savulescu is Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the 21st Century School, University of Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Human Nature and Common Sense Morality
3: Liberal Democracy
4: Catastrophic Misuses of Science
5: Responsibility for Omissions to Aid
6: The Tragedy of the Commons
7: The Tragedy of the Environment and Liberal Democracy
8: Authoritarianism and Democracy
9: Liberal Democracy and the End of History
10: Moral Enhancement as a Possible Way-Out
Index