Humans enhanced to the limits of the human condition. Ethical and theological perspectives

• Autores: Marie Jo Thiel
• Localización: Medicina y Ética: Revista internacional de bioética, deontología y ética médica, ISSN-e 2594-2166, ISSN 0188-5022, Vol. 28, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 79-103
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper explores the phenomenon of enhancement especially in the field of healthcare. It discerns the stakes in general terms before examining some ethical and theological issues. It thus dis- cusses the notions of normality and efficiency, the strong and vul- nerable body, and critically examines the humanistic versus hu- manizing perspectives of technologies involved in enhancement, showing as it does, how creation but also the notion of salvation and hubris can help to evaluate practices.