Freedom and moral enhancement

This issue of Journal of Medical Ethics includes a pair of papers debating the implications of moral bioenhancement for human freedom-and, especially, the question of whether moral enhancement should potentially be compulsory. In earlier writings Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu (P&S) argue t...

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Main Author: Selgelid, J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 215-216
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