Human Enhancement Edited Volume
Eds: Julian Savulescu and Nick Bostrom

Human Enhancement presents the latest moves in this crucial debate: original contributions from many of the world's leading ethicists and moral thinkers, representing a wide range of perspectives, advocates and sceptics, enthusiasts and moderates. These are the arguments that will determine how humanity develops in the near future.

Edited by Julian Savulescu and Nick Bostrom
ISBN: 978-0-19-929972-0
Publisher: Oxford University Press (22 January 2009)

Available from: amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, Oxford

Selected Publications

Kahane, G., Skene, L., Wilkinson, D. and Savulescu, J., (2009), 'Neuroimaging and the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment from Patients in the Vegetative State', Medical Law Review, Vol: 17 (2)

Kahane, G. and Savulescu, J., (2009), 'Brain-Damaged Patients and the Moral Significance of Consciousness', The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol: 33 (1)

Wilkinson, D., Kahane, G. and Savulescu, J., (2008), '‘Neglected Personhood’ and Neglected Questions: Remarks on the Moral Significance of Consciousness', American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience, Vol: 8 (9), pp. 31 - 33

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