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Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should we view our biology as fixed or should we try to improve on it? College students are already taking cognitive enhancement drugs. The U.S. army is already working to develop drugs and technologies to produce ""super soldiers."" Scientists already know how to use genetic engineering techniques to enhance the strength and memories of mice and the application of such technologies to humans is on the horizon. In Better Than Human, philosopher-bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the

Bioethics. --- Medical innovations --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- genetische verbetering (maakbare mens) --- bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) --- biomedische technologie --- amélioration génétique --- bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) --- technologie biomédicale --- Bioéthique --- Médecine --- Innovations --- Aspect moral --- Bioethics --- Innovations, Medical --- Medicine --- Medical technology --- Technological innovations --- Biology --- Biomedical ethics --- Life sciences --- Life sciences ethics --- Science --- Moral and ethical aspects

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The thirteen essays by Allen Buchanan collected here are arranged in such a way as to make evident their thematic interconnections: the important and hitherto unappreciated relationships among the nature and grounding of human rights, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the justification for using military force across borders. Each of these three topics has spawned a significant literature, but unfortunately has been treated in isolation. In this volume Buchanan makes the case for a holistic, systematic approach, and in so doing constitutes a major contribution at the intersecti

International law. --- Human rights. --- Humanitarian intervention. --- International and municipal law. --- International law --- Law --- Municipal and international law --- Intervention (International law) --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Influence --- International law influences --- Law and legislation

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This work challenges traditional and contemporary just war theorizing, by taking seriously the role of social practices and institutions in decisions to go to war. It argues that which substantive moral principles regarding the initiation of war are valid can depend upon the institutional processes within which the decisions are made.

Just war doctrine. --- Intervention (International law)