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  1. Unfit for the Future? Human Nature, Scientific Progress, and the Need for Moral Enhancement.Ingmar Persson & Julian Savulescu - 2011 - In Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen & Guy Kahane (eds.), Enhancing Human Capacities. Blackwell. pp. 486–500.
    This chapter identifies the problems created by the misfit between a limited human moral nature and globalized, highly advanced technology. It highlights the several ways of addressing the potential catastrophic consequences of this mismatch. The chapter discusses the development of a globally responsible liberalism, with the restriction of traditional liberal neutrality, inculcation of values and “moral education” to achieve restraint, promote cooperation, respect for equality, and other values now necessary for our survival as a global community. It also discusses some (...)
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  • Philosophical Comments on Tarski'€™s Theory of Truth.K. Popper - 1972 - In Karl Raimund Popper (ed.), Objective knowledge: an evolutionary approach. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Phronesis and an ethics of responsibility.Anton Albert Van Niekerk & Nico Nortjé - 2013 - South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 6 (1):26.
    CITATION: Van Niekerk, A. A. & Nortje, N. 2013. Phronesis and an ethics of responsibility. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 6:28-31, doi:10.7196/SAJBL.262.
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  • Biomedical enhancement and the pursuit of mastery and perfection: a critique of the views of Michael Sandel.Anton A. van Niekerk - 2014 - South African Journal of Philosophy 33 (2):155-165.
    This article is a comprehensive critical analysis of the objections of Michael Sandel to the possibilities of human enhancement as foreseen by recent developments in new biotechnologies. It is shown that enhancement has always been a feature of human development. The nature and possibilities of these new technologies are briefly discussed, followed by an explanation of Sandel’s views. In critical response to Sandel, the author raises three arguments that are discussed in detail, followed by a conclusion that contains wrap-up arguments. (...)
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