Enhancing human capacities

Enhancing Human Capacities is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives. Presents a rich range of perspectives on enhancement from world leading ethicists and scientists from Europe and North America The most comprehensive volume yet on the science and ethics of human enhancement Unique in providing a detailed overview of current and expected scientific advances in this area Discusses both general conceptual and ethical issues and concrete questions of policy Includes sections covering all major forms of enhancement: cognitive, affective, physical, and life extension.

Part I. Key concepts and questions. Well-being and enhancement / Julian Savulescu, Anders Sandberg, and Guy Kahane -- The concept of nature and the enhancement technologies debate / Lisbeth Witthøfft Nielsen -- Enhancement, autonomy, and authenticity / Niklas Juth -- Breaking evolution's chains : the promise of enhancement by design / Russel Powell and Allen Buchanan -- Part II. Cognitive enhancement. Cognition enhancement : upgrading the brain / Anders Sandberg -- The social and economic impacts of cognitive enhancement / Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu -- Cognitive enhancing drugs : neuroscience and society / Charlotte R. Housden, Sharon Morein-Zamir, and Barbara J. Sahakian -- Cognitive bias and collective enhancement / Steve Clarke -- Smart policy : cognitive enhancement and the public interest / Nick Bostrom and Rebecca Roache -- Part III. Mood enhancement. Scientific, ethical, and social issues in mood enhancement / Ron Berghmans [and others] -- Reasons to feel, reasons to take pills / Guy Kahane -- What's in a name? ADHD and the gray area between treatment and enhancement / Maartje Schermer and Ineke Bolt -- What is good and bad in mood enhancement? / Rein Vos -- Asper…