Converging NBIC Technologies for Improving Human Performance: A Critical Assessment of the Novelty and the Prospects of the Project.

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2006Author(s)
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The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 34, 4, (2006), pp. 726-732ISSN
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Ethics, Philosophy, History of Medical Sciences
Journal title
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Volume
vol. 34
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iss. 4
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p. 726
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p. 732
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EBP 4: Quality of Care; NCEBP 5: Health care ethicsAbstract
This contribution focuses on two claims advanced by the proponents of the project of "Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance." Firstly, it is maintained that this project represents something genuinely new and quite unique. Secondly, it is argued that the future prospects of the project are extraordinarily positive. In order to critically assess both claims this paper first focuses on the question of whether there is actually anything genuinely new about the project of improving human performance by means of converging NBIC technologies. In addition it is analyzed whether the project warrants that we be optimistic about its future prospects.
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