The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement

Unites the work of established and distinguished philosophers such as Matthew Liao, David Wasserman, and the next generation of bioethicists Explores leaders' ethical responsibilities regarding health

Discusses ethical questions about identity, embodiment, discrimination, and accommodation, as well as questions concerning distributive justice and limitations on people's medical rights

Auteur
Jessica Flanigan is Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA. Terry L. Price is Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA.

Contenu

1. Theorizing about Human Capacity: A View from the Nineteenth Century.- 2. A More Inclusive Approach to Enhancement and Disability.- 3. Disability & Doing Justice.- 4. Disability, Well-being, and (In)Apt Emotions.- 5. Kantian Ethics, Well-being, and Disability.- 6. Dementia, Advance Directives, and the Problem of Temporal Selfishness.- 7. How Old is Old? Changing Conceptions of Old Age.- 8. Why Parents Should Enhance Their Children.- 9. Cosmopolitan Moral Enhancement..