Unfit for the future? : the need for moral enhancement / Ingmar Persson, Julian Savulescu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Persson, Ingmar.

Contributor:

Savulescu, Julian.

Series:

Uehiro series in practical ethics.

Uehiro series in practical ethics Unfit for the future

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral motivation.

Environmental ethics.

Bioethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text argues that the future of our species depends on radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our nature. Population growth and technological advances are threatening to undermine the conditions of worthwhile life on Earth forever. We need to modify to deal with this challenge.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Human Nature and Common-Sense Morality""; ""3. Liberal Democracy""; ""4. Catastrophic Misuses of Science""; ""5. Responsibility for Omissions""; ""6. The Tragedy of the Commons""; ""7. The Tragedy of the Environment and Liberal Democracy""; ""8. Authoritarianism and Democracy""; ""9. Liberal Democracy and the End of History""; ""10. Moral Enhancement as a Possible Way Out""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""

""S""""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-87635-2

9786613717665

0-19-163287-2

OCLC:

922971286