A book on the ethics of human enhancement, and how it's basically OK but nothing to get excited about.Certainly not obligatory, as some people I know seem to think.
I've decided that I can't put of writing chapters 1 and 2 - the methodological ones - any longer. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are in various states of completion; I've not begun on chapters 3 or 4 yet.
I've got about 3 months left to get it all done - and instead, I'm twatting about here. Eeep.
EDIT: And with that, I'd better be off. Maybe I'll pop back in an hour or two if I've got enough words done.
(I've decided that I can't put of writing chapters 1 and 2 - the methodological ones - any longer. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are in various states of completion; I've not begun on chapters 3 or 4 yet.
I've got about 3 months left to get it all done - and instead, I'm twatting about here. Eeep.
EDIT: And with that, I'd better be off. Maybe I'll pop back in an hour or two if I've got enough words done.
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Fri 6 May 2011, 11:15,
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do you mean like cyberneticsor like my kind of enhancment - i have these special lenses that make me able to see far away clearly? ;)
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Fri 6 May 2011, 11:19,
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Mainly biological, but with a bit of cybernetics thrown in when I look at intellectual enhancement.But, yeah, along those lines.
I'm working on the assumption that enhancements are worth pursuing to the extent that they contribute to the good life; so I need to work out what constitutes "the good life" (that's the tricky bit, but I have some ideas), whether a number of enhancements really do contribute to it so much after all (a few, yes; most, not really; and one or two might be antagonistic), and whether there's a duty to enhance/ genetically engineer your kids (not really, though it might be admirable).
Right. Must. Be. Off.
(I'm working on the assumption that enhancements are worth pursuing to the extent that they contribute to the good life; so I need to work out what constitutes "the good life" (that's the tricky bit, but I have some ideas), whether a number of enhancements really do contribute to it so much after all (a few, yes; most, not really; and one or two might be antagonistic), and whether there's a duty to enhance/ genetically engineer your kids (not really, though it might be admirable).
Right. Must. Be. Off.
Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Fri 6 May 2011, 11:24,
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