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- Title
BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENTS AS JUSTICE.
- Authors
Nam, Jeesoo
- Abstract
Biomedical enhancements, the applications of medical technology to make better those who are neither fill nor deficient, have made great strides in the past few decades. Using Amartya Sen's capability approach as my framework, I argue in this article that far from being simply permissible, we have a prima facie moral obligation to use these new developments for the end goal of promoting social justice. In terms of both range and magnitude, the use of biomedical enhancements will mark a radical advance in how we compensate the most disadvantaged members of society.
- Subjects
BIOTECHNOLOGY ethics; ERGOGENIC aids; HUMAN rights; MEDICAL ethics; NOOTROPIC agents; SOCIAL justice; ETHICS
- Publication
Bioethics, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
0269-9702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bioe.12061