Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity

Abstract

edited by Bert Gordijn, Ruth Chadwick.

Medical Enhancement -- The History of Medical Enhancement: From Restitutio ad Integrum to Transformatio ad Optimum? -- Therapy, Enhancement and Improvement -- Medical Enhancement: A Destination of Technological, not Human, Betterment -- How to Defend Genetic Enhancement -- Posthumanity -- A Critical History of Posthumanism -- Posthumanity, Transhumanism and Human Nature -- Why I Want to be a Posthuman when I Grow Up -- What is the Good of Transhumanism? -- Current Developments -- Cosmetic Surgery -- Decelerating and Arresting Human Aging -- Germline Genetic Modification -- Bioelectronics and Implanted Devices -- Converging NBIC Technologies for Improving Human Performance.