dc.contributor.author | Dede, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-21T14:20:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-14 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-03-21T11:22:43Z | |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I discuss how existing inequlity and discrimination has shaped the discourse on biomedical enhancement and how the bioenhancement project can potentially exasperate them. In chapter one I discuss the most common objections against bioenhancement which include issues pertaining to cheating, praisworthyness, altering the nature of activities, coercion, quick fixes, distributive justice and authenticity. I then turn to ask why bioenhancement is desirable. I argue that bioenhancement proponents uphold a narrow understanding of autonomy, namely as control and increased choices which becomes a criterion for a good life. As such, cognitive capacities are desirable to the extent that they increase autonomy and wellbeing. In chapter two I continue this thread to argue that bioenhancement advocates understand disability as inherently bad to the extent that it is incompatible with autonomy as they envision it. To assess this claim I discuss different models of disability and argue in favor of a model of disability as neutral simpliciter. In the final chapter I discuss the issue of moral status as it is a key way in which the bioenhancement literature envisions future challenges in terms of equality. I explore the similarities in how moral status is discussed within animal ethics and within the bioenhancement literature. I explore how disability and animality are constructed as problems that biomedical enhancement can address and I conclude that biomedical enhancement is inherently incompatible to disability justice. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129109 | |
dc.publisher | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.subject | enhancement, disability, moral status, animal ethics | en_GB |
dc.title | Inequality and Discrimination in Biomedical Enhancement | en_GB |
dc.type | Thesis or dissertation | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-21T14:20:13Z | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Lamb, Robert | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Glackin, Shane | |
dc.publisher.department | Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology | |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dc.type.degreetitle | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | |
dc.type.qualificationname | Doctoral Thesis | |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-03-14 | |
rioxxterms.type | Thesis | en_GB |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-03-21T14:20:34Z | |