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The price of perfection [electronic resource] : individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / Maxwell J. Mehlman.

By: Mehlman, Maxwell J.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Description: 309 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Medical innovations -- Social aspects | Perfection -- Moral and ethical aspects | Social medicine | BioethicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 610 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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