Treating the Enhancement Debate: Irrelevant Distinctions in the Enhancement Medicine Debate
Abstract: This article argues against the relevance of the enhancement/treatment and biomedical/non-biomedical enhancement distinctions by analysing their validity in two ways: their clarity and whether they track our intuitions regarding what is permissible and impermissible. The treatment/enhancement distinction is found to be deficient in both respects. The biomedical/non-biomedical distinction, whilst clear, does not track our intuitions regarding what is permissible and impermissible. The article concludes that, in order to help the enhancement medicine debate, the distinctions should be abandoned due to the fact they hinder clear ethical analysis.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Treating the Enhancement Debate: Irrelevant Distinctions in the Enhancement Medicine Debate ; volume:1 ; number:28 ; year:2014 ; pages:1-12 ; extent:12
Kriterion ; 1, Heft 28 (2014), 1-12 (gesamt 12)
- Creator
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Roberts, Joseph Tarquin Foulkes
- DOI
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10.1515/krt-2014-012802
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090314575702508117
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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