Rethinking human enhancement as collective welfarism

Daphne Bavelier (), Julian Savulescu, Linda P. Fried, Theodore Friedmann, Corinna E. Lathan, Simone Schürle and John R. Beard
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Daphne Bavelier: Université de Genève
Julian Savulescu: University of Oxford
Linda P. Fried: Columbia University
Theodore Friedmann: University of California
Corinna E. Lathan: AnthroTronix, Inc
Simone Schürle: Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Science & Technology
John R. Beard: University of Sydney

Nature Human Behaviour, 2019, vol. 3, issue 3, 204-206

Abstract: Human enhancement technologies are opening tremendous opportunities but also challenges to the core of what it means to be human. We argue that the goal of human enhancement should be to enhance quality of life and well-being not only of individuals but also of the communities they inhabit.

Date: 2019
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