Format:
1 online resource (127 pages)
ISBN:
9781000769760
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Smart People / Cognitive Enhancement -- Intelligence: What It Is and Why It Matters -- Risks of Enhancing Intelligence -- From General Intelligence to Specific Cognitive Traits -- Trade-offs from the Standpoint of Each Parent -- Trade-offs from the Standpoint of All Parents -- Positional Goods and Social Benefits -- Moral Standing and Moral Status -- Notes -- 2 Good People / Moral Enhancement -- The Bright Side of Oxytocin -- The Dark Side of Oxytocin -- Pathological Altruism -- Does Moral Enhancement Undermine Freedom? -- Biocultural Moral Enhancement -- Notes -- 3 Pretty People / Aesthetic Enhancement -- Origins of Beauty -- From Cryptic Choice to Conscious Selection -- Lookism and Unjust Discrimination -- Inequalities and Arms Races -- Notes -- 4 Healthy People / Immuno-enhancement -- Optimizing Immuno-diversity -- Predicting the Future -- Directing the Future -- Notes -- 5 Synthetic People / Creating Life from Scratch -- Creating Future People -- Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities -- Demographic Worries -- Why Have Children? -- Should We Stay a Single Species? -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Appendix A The Ultimatum Game -- Appendix B The Prisoner's Dilemma -- Appendix C The Public Goods Game -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367203108
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367203108
Language:
English