A Debate on the Ethics of Body Enhancement Technologies and Regeneration

摘要：

　　In the past few decades,several technological developments enabled humans to enhance their body or mind.This can take the form of replacement of body parts,drugs to enhance performance or mood,implants of many types.The goal is to enhance a bodys function,capability,or performance,physical or mental.These technologies can be used in cases where the body is affected by disease,by disability,or just to improve ones looks or physical prowess.There are thinkers on both sides of the debate,with some being quite concerned about ethical aspects of these,while others applaud these as improvements of human performance and potential;what has been called a post-human era.The paper presents both sides of these questions and the ethical considerations regarding the development of these technologies.

关键词： Body enhancement technologies regeneration ethics debate

作者: M. Frize

作者单位: Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (2012年医学物理及生物医学工程国际会议(IFMBE))

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 2072-2075

在线出版日期: 2012-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）