Kant and the enhancement debate: Imperfect duties and perfecting ourselves
This essay develops a Kantian approach to the permissibility of biomedical physical, cognitive, and moral enhancement. Kant holds that human beings have an imperfect duty to promote their physical, cognitive, and moral perfection. While an agent’s individual circumstances may limit the means she may...
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2021
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Bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 8, Pages: 801-811 |
RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCH Medical ethics VA Philosophy |
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moral enhancement
B metaphysics of morals B duties to the self B Virtue B Merit B Enhancement B Kant |
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