Twine, R. (2007) Thinking across species—a critical bioethics approach to enhancement. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 28(6), pp. 509-523. (doi: 10.1007/s11017-007-9057-6)
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Abstract
Drawing upon a concept of ‘critical bioethics’ this paper takes a species-broad approach to the social and ethical aspects of enhancement. Critical Bioethics aims to foreground interdisciplinarity, socio-political dimensions, as well as reflexivity to what becomes bioethical subject matter. This paper focuses upon the latter component and uses the example of animal enhancement as a way to think about both enhancement generally, and bioethics. It constructs several arguments for including animal enhancement as a part of enhancement debates, and considers some connections between human and animal enhancement. The paper concludes in a plea for an ‘enhancement’ to our critical abilities to examine some of the underlying social, moral and ethical assumptions bound up in varied anticipated ‘enhanced’ futures.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Twine, Dr Richard |
| Authors: | Twine, R. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics |
| ISSN: | 1386-7415 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1573-1200 |
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