The price of perfection : individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / / Maxwell J. Mehlman.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 309 p. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Mehlman, Maxwell J. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The price of perfection |h [electronic resource] : |b individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / |c Maxwell J. Mehlman. |
| 260 | |a Baltimore : |b Johns Hopkins University Press, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 309 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Medical innovations |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Perfection |x Moral and ethical aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social medicine. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bioethics. | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a ProQuest (Firm) | |
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