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Human Enhancement and the Story of Job.

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Abstract
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This article explores some implications of the concept of transformative change for the debate about human enhancement. A transformative change is understood to be one that significantly alters the value an individual places on his or her experiences or achievements. The clearest examples of transformative change come from science fiction, but the concept can be illuminatingly applied to the enhancement debate. We argue that it helps to expose a threat from too much enhancement to many of the things that make human lives valuable. Among the things threated by enhancement are our relationships with other human beings. The potential to lose these relationships provides a compelling reason for almost all humans to reject too much enhancement.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees
Volume
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26
Issue
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3
Number of Pages
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449-458
ISSN Number
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0963-1801
URL
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0963180116001122/type/journal_article
DOI
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10.1017/S0963180116001122
Short Title
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Camb Q Healthc Ethics
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