Enhancing Evolution
The Ethical Case for Making Better People
A bioethicist argues that if an enhancement makes life go better, squeamishness is not a reason to refuse it.
Harris argues that if an enhancement makes a life go better, the burden of proof lies with those who would forbid it, and that most objections to human enhancement rest on squeamishness dressed as principle. Written by a philosopher rather than an enthusiast, the book takes the standard bioethical cautions seriously and answers them one by one.
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Matthew Syed
Harris is a brilliant essayist and the book explores and explodes a great deal of conservatism in bioethics. His arguments are compelling. He is sort of a radical utilitarian. He thinks that we should embrace any technologies that make life go better for humanity and not to turn these things down because either we feel squeamish or it sounds too radical. He says the basic test is: does it make life better?
Interview · December 2010
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