Inquiring into Human Enhancement: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives: 2015 (Health Technology and Society)

Human enhancement has become a major concern in debates about the future of contemporary societies. This interdisciplinary book is devoted to clarifying the underlying ambiguities of these debates, and to proposing novel ways of exploring what human enhancement means and understanding what practices, goals and justifications it entails. Edited By Simone Bateman, Jean Gayon, Sylvie Allouche, Jrme Goffette and Michela Marzano Introduction; Simone Bateman, Jean Gayon, Sylvie Allouche, Jrme Goffette, Michela Marzano PART I: HUMAN ENHANCEMENT: WHAT DO WE MEAN? 1. The Concept and Practices of Human Enhancement: What is at Stake?; Simone Bateman and Jean Gayon 2. Enhancement: Why We Should Distinguish Anthropotechnics from Medicine; Jrme Goffette 3. Why Do We Wish to Be Enhanced; Vincent Menuz 4. The Moral Ambiguity of Human Enhancement; Ruud ter Meulen PART II: LEARNING FROM ENHANCEMENT PRACTICES 5. A Scale and a Paradigmatic Framework for Human Enhancement; Pascal Nouvel 6. From Repair to Enhancement: The Use of Technical Aids in the Field of Disability; Myriam Winance, Anne Marcellini and Eric de Lsleuc 7. BMI (Brain-Machine Interface) as a Tool for Understanding Human-Machine Cooperation; Selim Eskiizmirliler and Jrme Goffette 8. Doping Behavior as an Indicator of Performance Pressure; Patrick Laure and Sylvie Allouche PART III: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: LESSONS FROM ART AND FICTION 9. The Earth as Our Footstool: Visions of Human Enhancement in 19th and 20th Century Britain; Christopher Coenen 10. Transcendental Medicine Versus the ‘ ‘Prisonhouse of the Flesh ‘ ‘: Enhancement in R.L. Stevenson ‘ ‘s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Franoise Dupeyron-Lafay 11. Biotechnology and the Future of Sport: A Scenario; Jean-Nol Missa 12. Adaptation and Emortality: Human Enhancement in ‘ ‘Tales of the Biotech Revolution ‘ ‘; Brian Stableford