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Russell Blackford - What if Nothing is Sacred? Politics and Bioethics without Sanctity

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Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Russell Blackford, University of Newcastle: What if Nothing is Sacred? Politics and Bioethics without Sanctity
Russell wrote on this topic in the article 'Life during the culture wars' here: https://theconversation.com/life-during-the-culture-wars-44537
Conference: "Human Enhancement: Destiny or Disaster?"
The prospect of enhancing human mental and physical abilities above normal limits has been enthusiastically embraced by several leading bioethicists and philosophers. However, many people are alarmed by the thought of humans being able to enhance themselves, fearing that this ability may be misused. In this conference leading philosophers and bioethicists come together to discuss whether or not human enhancement is the destiny we should embrace or a potential disaster we should avoid.
For other talks at this conference, please see the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtGW-IMLtE&list=PL-7qI6NZpO3s7f53DFgJLEByHUhadILiN&index=2

Held at the University of Melbourne and hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne) and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics (University of Oxford).
‘Human Enhancement: Destiny or Disaster?’ was on Friday 3 July, 2015. 
Convenors: Steve Clarke, C.A.J. Coady, Julian Savulescu, Alberto Giubilini and Sagar Sanyal.

http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/223352483/
http://philevents.org/event/show/17830
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